Job 39:19

Thunder — A strong metaphor, to denote force and terror.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hast thou given the horse strength? - The incidental allusion to the horse in comparison with the ostrich in the previous verse, seems to have su...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with (m) thunder? (m) That is, given him courage? which is meant by neighing and shak...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

thunder . rustling mane.
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Hast thou given the horse strength? - Before I proceed to any observatio...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Hast thou given the horse strength, &c.— It is difficult to express violent motions, which are fleeting and transitory, either in colours or wo...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? The allusion to "the horse" ( Job 39:18 ) suggests the descriptio...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Speech of the Almighty (concluded) Chs. Job 38:39-41 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation, and the instincts with wh...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thunder — i.e., with terror, such as thunder causes. Some refer it to the moving or shaking of the mane.
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Knowest Thou?” “Canst Thou?” Job 39:1-30 The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organ...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding of streng...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(19) В¶ Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? (20) Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of h...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hast thou given the horse strength ?.... Not only to bear burdens and draw carriages, but for war; for it is the war horse that is here spoken of, a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Ver. 19. Hast thou given the horse strength? ] Having mentioned the h...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hast thou given the horse strength? Hebrew, גבורה, geburah, his fortitude , the courage and generous confidence for which the horse is highly comm...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER (vv.1-4) The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Ind...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Description of the War-Horse. B. C. 1520....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Strength; either strength of body; or rather, courage and generous confidence, for which the horse is highly commended. With thunder, i.e. with s...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Notes Job 39:13 . “ Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers into the ostrich? ” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the stork...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 39:1 . The wild goat, on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She hides...
The Biblical Illustrator

Hast thou given the horse strength? The higher teaching of Nature The intent of all these beautiful references to the works of Nature is to tea...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Job 39:1-18 This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job 38:39 . The habits and instincts of the wild goat,...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 1. Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the mountains? Or cans...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hast thou given the horse strength, namely, his warlike strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder, literally, with fluttering hair," with a...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Exodus 15:1 ; Job 39:25 ; Mark 3:17 ; Psalms 104:1 ; Psalms 147:10 ; Psalms 93:1

¹⁹ Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

Related Commentaries of Job 39:19

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 39:19