Job 39 · Verse 20

Job 39:20

Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
Job 39:20, King James Version

Job 39:20 in other translations

BSBDo you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
WEBHave you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
ASVHast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
YLTDost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting is terrible.
DARBYDost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
BBEIs it through you that he is shaking like a locust, in the pride of his loud-sounding breath?
WebsterCanst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

What does Job 39:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
20. make ... afraid--rather, "canst thou (as I do) make him spring as the locust?" So in Joe 2:4, the comparison is between locusts and war-horses. The heads of the two are so similar that the Italians call the locusts cavaletta, "little horse." nostrils--snorting furiously.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Job 39:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הְֽ֭תַרְעִישֶׁנּוּHe.tar.'i.she.nu¿ do you make leap itH7493
כָּאַרְבֶּ֑הka.'ar.Behlike <the> locustH697
ה֖וֹדHod[the] majesty ofH1935
נַחְר֣וֹnach.Rosnorting itsH5170
אֵימָֽה\׃'ei.Mah[is] terrorH367

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 39:20

  • Jeremiah 8:16

    The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

  • Joel 2:5

    Like the noise of chariots on the tops of mountains shall they leap, like the noise of a flame of fire that devoureth the stubble, as a strong people set in battle array.

  • Job 41:20-21

    Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as out of a seething pot or caldron. His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the glory.
41:20,21; Jer 8:16
terrible. Heb. terrors.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 39:19

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

  • Job 39:20

    Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.

  • Job 39:21

    He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

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Job 39:20 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque le privó Dios de sabiduría, y no le dió inteligencia.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Est-ce toi qui le fais bondir comme la sauterelle? Son ronflement magnifique est terrible.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Machst du es aufspringen gleich der Heuschrecke? Sein prächtiges Schnauben ist Schrecken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid suscitabis eum quasi locustas? gloria narium ejus terror.