The LORD Speaks of His Creation

Job 39:20

In 11 translations

BSB: Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?
KJV: Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.terrible: Heb. terror
WEB: Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.
ASV: Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
LSV: Do you cause him to rush as a locust? The splendor of his snorting [is] terrible.
YLT: Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting [is] terrible.
DBY: Dost thou make him to leap as a locust? His majestic snorting is terrible.
DRC: Wilt thou lift him up like the locusts? the glory of his nostrils is terror.
GNV39:23: Hast thou made him afraid as the grashopper? his strong neying is fearefull.
JPS: Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.
LXXE: And hast thou clad him in perfect armour, and made his breast glorious with courage?

Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

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From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Jeremiah 8:16The snorting of enemy horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds, the whole land quakes. They come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who dwell in it.
Job 41:20–21Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds. His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.
Joel 2:5With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.

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