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Job 39:17-19
Darby Translation
Job 39:17-19
Darby Translation
17 For +God hath deprived her of wisdom, and hath not furnished her with understanding.
18 What time she lasheth herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
19 Hast thou given strength to the horse? hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
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Job 39:17-19
New International Version
Job 39:17-19
New International Version
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
or give her a share of good sense.(A)
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
she laughs(B) at horse and rider.
19 “Do you give the horse its strength(C)
or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
Job 39:17-19
New King James Version
Job 39:17-19
New King James Version
17 Because God deprived her of wisdom,
And did not (A)endow her with understanding.
18 When she lifts herself on high,
She scorns the horse and its rider.
19 “Have you given the horse strength?
Have you clothed his neck with [a]thunder?
Footnotes
- Job 39:19 Or a mane
Job 39:17-19
English Standard Version
Job 39:17-19
English Standard Version
17 because God has made her forget wisdom
and (A)given her no share in understanding.
18 When she rouses herself to flee,[a]
she laughs at the horse and his rider.
19 “Do you give the horse his might?
Do you clothe his neck with a mane?
Footnotes
- Job 39:18 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain
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