Job 39

Treated in 3 passages across the library.

The verses these writers stop at

  • 39:16 She dealeth hardly with her young ones, as if they were not hers: Though her labor be in vain, [she is] without fear; 2
  • 39:19 Hast thou given the horse [his] might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane? 1
  • 39:20 Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible. 1
  • 39:21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men. 1
  • 39:22 He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword. 1
  • 39:23 The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin. 1
  • 39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet. 1
  • 39:25 As oft as the trumpet [soundeth] he saith, Aha! And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 1

American Standard Version

Where it is preached

  1. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites Job 39:16

    …n. So, to signify the ostrich's being without natural affection to her young, it is said, Job 39:16, "She hardeneth her heart against her young ones, as though they were not hers." So a per…

  2. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.5 The Fifth Commandment cites Job 39: 16

    …or their children; and are not like the raven or ostrich, which are cruel to their young. Job 39: 16. Parents sometimes impoverish themselves to enrich their children. Children never can equ…

  3. The Pilgrim's Progress · John Bunyan

    The Ninth Stage cites Job 39:19-25

    …ha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shoutings.” Job 39:19-25. But for such footmen as thee and I are, let us never desire to meet with an enemy, nor v…