Job 39:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Job 41:26-29 : 26 Whoever strikes it with a sword will have no effect, nor with the spear, arrow, or dart. 27 It regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood. 28 Arrows do not make it flee; slingstones become like chaff to it. 29 A club is counted as a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 39:19-22
    4 verses
    82%

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

    20Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying!

    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.

  • Job 41:25-30
    6 verses
    81%

    25When it rises up, the mighty are terrified, at its thrashing about they withdraw.

    26Whoever strikes it with a sword will have no effect, nor with the spear, arrow, or dart.

    27It regards iron as straw and bronze as rotten wood.

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

    29A club is counted as a piece of straw; it laughs at the rattling of the lance.

    30Its underparts are the sharp points of potsherds, it leaves its mark in the mud like a threshing sledge.

  • Job 39:24-25
    2 verses
    80%

    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 20:24-25
    2 verses
    79%

    24If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.

    25When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him.

  • 26defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield!

  • 3There he shattered the arrows, the shield, the sword, and the rest of the weapons of war.(Selah)

  • Lam 3:12-13
    2 verses
    72%

    12He drew his bow and made me the target for his arrow.

    13ה(He) He shot his arrows into my heart.

  • 11The sun and moon stand still in their courses; the flash of your arrows drives them away, the bright light of your lightning-quick spear.

  • 35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.

  • 6He had bronze shin guards on his legs, and a bronze javelin was slung over his shoulders.

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

  • 34He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.

  • 13his archers surround me. Without pity he pierces my kidneys and pours out my gall on the ground.

  • 23till an arrow pierces his liver– like a bird hurrying into a trap, and he does not know that it will cost him his life.

  • Nah 3:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2Portrayal of the Destruction of Nineveh The chariot drivers will crack their whips; the chariot wheels will shake the ground; the chariot horses will gallop; the war chariots will bolt forward!

    3The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties– so many that people will stumble over the corpses.

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

  • 71%

    10It is sharpened for slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning!“‘Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree!

    11“‘He gave it to be polished, to be grasped in the hand– the sword is sharpened, it is polished– giving it into the hand of the executioner.

  • 24Distress and anguish terrify him; they prevail against him like a king ready to launch an attack,

  • 41The Philistine kept coming closer to David, with his shield bearer walking in front of him.

  • 23The archers will attack him, they will shoot at him and oppose him.

  • 2He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.

  • 43You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.

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

  • Jer 46:3-4
    2 verses
    70%

    3“Fall into ranks with your shields ready! Prepare to march into battle!

    4Harness the horses to the chariots! Mount your horses! Take your positions with helmets on! Ready your spears! Put on the armor!

  • 12If a person does not repent, God will wield his sword. He has prepared to shoot his bow.

  • 28Their arrows are sharpened, and all their bows are prepared. The hooves of their horses are hard as flint, and their chariot wheels are like a windstorm.

  • 3Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor!

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

  • 3Prophetic Vision of the Fall of Nineveh The shields of his warriors are dyed red; the mighty soldiers are dressed in scarlet garments. The chariots are in flashing metal fittings on the day of battle; the soldiers brandish their spears.

  • 14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

  • 22He does not expect to escape from darkness; he is marked for the sword;

  • 9He will direct the blows of his battering rams against your walls and tear down your towers with his weapons.

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

  • 18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

  • 41I will sharpen my lightning-like sword, and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; I will execute vengeance on my foes, and repay those who hate me!