Job 39:20

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Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying!

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Referenced Verses

  • Jer 8:16 : 16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses is already being heard in the city of Dan. The sound of the neighing of their stallions causes the whole land to tremble with fear. They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it! They are coming to destroy the cities and everyone who lives in them!”
  • Joel 2:5 : 5 They sound like chariots rumbling over mountain tops, like the crackling of blazing fire consuming stubble, like the noise of a mighty army being drawn up for battle.
  • Job 41:20-21 : 20 Smoke streams from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning rushes. 21 Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.

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  • Job 39:18-19
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    18But as soon as she springs up, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

    19“Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?

  • Job 39:21-25
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    21It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons.

    22It laughs at fear and is not dismayed; it does not shy away from the sword.

    23On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash.

    24In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet is blown.

    25At the sound of the trumpet, it says,‘Aha!’ And from a distance it catches the scent of battle, the thunderous shouting of commanders, and the battle cries.

  • Job 41:13-15
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    13Who can uncover its outer covering? Who can penetrate to the inside of its armor?

    14Who can open the doors of its mouth? Its teeth all around are fearsome.

    15Its back has rows of shields, shut up closely together as with a seal;

  • Job 41:1-3
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    1The Description of Leviathan(40:25)“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, and tie down its tongue with a rope?

    2Can you put a cord through its nose, or pierce its jaw with a hook?

    3Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?

  • Job 41:9-10
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    9(41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.

    10Is it not fierce when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it?

  • 11Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

  • Job 40:9-10
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    9Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

    10Adorn yourself, then, with majesty and excellency, and clothe yourself with glory and honor!

  • Job 41:18-22
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    18Its snorting throws out flashes of light; its eyes are like the red glow of dawn.

    19Out of its mouth go flames, sparks of fire shoot forth!

    20Smoke streams from its nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning rushes.

    21Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.

    22Strength lodges in its neck, and despair runs before it.

  • 15The Description of Behemoth“Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.

  • Job 39:10-11
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    10Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?

    11Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it?

  • 7Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?

  • 24Can anyone catch it by its eyes, or pierce its nose with a snare?

  • 5Complaints Reflect Suffering“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox bellow over its fodder?

  • 11Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step.

  • 13“The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?

  • 33The likes of it is not on earth, a creature without fear.

  • 9Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

  • Job 39:7-8
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    7It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.

    8It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.

  • 7You are awesome! Yes, you! Who can withstand your intense anger?

  • Job 40:18-19
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    18Its bones are tubes of bronze, its limbs like bars of iron.

    19It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.

  • 34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

  • 28Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones become like chaff to it.

  • 10He is not enamored with the strength of a horse, nor is he impressed by the warrior’s strong legs.

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    21so they themselves can go into the crevices of the rocky cliffs and the openings under the rocky overhangs, trying to escape the dreadful judgment of the LORD and his royal splendor, when he rises up to terrify the earth.

    22Stop trusting in human beings, whose life’s breath is in their nostrils. For why should they be given special consideration?

  • 4Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you?

  • 8Smoke ascended from his nose; fire devoured as it came from his mouth; he hurled down fiery coals.

  • 33His thunder announces the coming storm, the cattle also, concerning the storm’s approach.

  • 39“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

  • 6Even though his stature reaches to the heavens and his head touches the clouds,

  • 22From the north he comes in golden splendor; around God is awesome majesty.

  • 18will you, with him, spread out the clouds, solid as a mirror of molten metal?