Job 39:20

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

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

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

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

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

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Cross-References

  • Jeremiah 8:16 (5 votes)

    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 (2 votes)

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

  • Job 41:21 (2 votes)

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

  • Joel 2:5 (2 votes)

    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.