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Job 39:19

Job 39:19
Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Hast thou given the horse strength?.... Not only to bear burdens and draw carriages, but for war; for it is the war horse that is here spoken of, as what follows shows, and his strength denotes; not…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Hast thou given the horse strength? - The incidental allusion to the horse in comparison with the ostrich in the previous verse, seems to have suggested this magnificent description of this noble…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Hast thou given the horse strength? - Before I proceed to any observations, I shall give Mr. Good's version of this, perhaps inimitable, description: -

Job 39:19 Hast thou bestowed on the horse…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 39:19-25

God, having displayed his own power in those creatures that are strong and despise man, here shows it in one scarcely inferior to any of them in strength, and yet very tame and serviceable to man, and…

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