Job 39:20

Job 39:20 Meaning and Explanation

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

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God asks if Job could make the horse leap like a locust; the snorting of its nostrils is fearsome.

What Does Job 39:20 Mean?

Still describing the warhorse, the Lord asks whether Job could make it spring forward like a leaping locust, and marvels at the terrible majesty of its snorting nostrils.

The horse's very breath is grand, its leap beyond Job's making. This is a creature whose courage and power Job can admire but never create or command at will. God paints the animal's glory in vivid strokes to enlarge Job's sense of the Maker's artistry, to lift his eyes from his own troubles to the splendor all around him. The reader is drawn to wonder, and wonder is the doorway to worship, for the One who fashioned such a creature is greater still.

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What does Job 39:20 mean?

God asks if Job could make the horse leap like a locust; the snorting of its nostrils is fearsome.

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