Job 39:20

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

Did you make him able to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is frightening!

Berean Standard Bible:

Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

American Standard Version:

Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Canst thou make him afraid{H7493} as a grasshopper{H697}? the glory{H1935} of his nostrils{H5170} is terrible{H367}.

Cross-References (KJV):

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.

Job 41:20

  • Out of his nostrils goeth smoke, as [out] of a seething pot or caldron.

Job 41:21

  • His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

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.

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Commentary for Job 39:20

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H7493
    There are 30 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רָעַשׁ
    Transliteration: râʻash
    Pronunciation: raw-ash
    Description: a primitive root; to undulate (as the earth, the sky, etc.; also a field of grain), particularly through fear; specifically, to spring (as a locust); make afraid, (re-) move, quake, (make to) shake, (make to) tremble.
  2. Strong's Number: H697
    There are 82 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אַרְבֶּה
    Transliteration: ʼarbeh
    Pronunciation: ar-beh'
    Description: from רָבָה; a locust (from its rapid increase); grasshopper, locust.
  3. Strong's Number: H1935
    There are 24 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: הוֹד
    Transliteration: hôwd
    Pronunciation: hode
    Description: from an unused root; grandeur (i.e. an imposing form and appearance); beauty, comeliness, excellency, glorious, glory, goodly, honour, majesty.
  4. Strong's Number: H5170
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נַחַר
    Transliteration: nachar
    Pronunciation: nakh'-ar
    Description: and (feminine) נַחֲרָה; from an unused root meaning to snort or snore; a snorting; nostrils, snorting.
  5. Strong's Number: H367
    There are 249 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֵימָה
    Transliteration: ʼêymâh
    Pronunciation: ay-maw'
    Description: or (shortened) אֵמָה; from the same as אָיֹם; fright; concrete, an idol (as a bugbear); dread, fear, horror, idol, terrible, terror.