Job 39:22
He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.
BSB
ASV
He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.
KJV
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
He mocketh at fear, and yieldeth not to the sword. [MORAL INTERPRETATION] 80. He mocketh at fear, because he is not so far alarmed by fear of any temptation, as to keep silence. And he yieldeth not to the sword; because though violent temptation assails him, it yet drives him not away from the care of his neighbour. Whence also Paul, teaching us an example of resolute conversation, both states what swords he endures from the enemy, and shews how he yields not to these same swords.
He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted,.... At those things which cause fear and fright to men; as arms, though ever so terrible, and armies, though never so numerous; neither turneth he back from the sword; the naked sword, when it is drawn against him, and ready to be thrust into him; the horse being so bold and courageous was with the Egyptians a symbol of courage and boldness (v). (v) Clement. Alex. Stromat. l. 5. p. 567.
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Job 39:16She treats her young harshly, as if not her own, with no concern that her labor was in vain.
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Even jackals offer their breasts to nurse their young, but the daughter of my people has become cruel, like an ostrich in the wilderness.
Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But…
Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’
Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and the nations weary themselves in vain?
Look, O LORD, and consider: Whom have You ever treated like this? Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord?
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Job 39:18Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.
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This is the word that the LORD has spoken against him: ‘The Virgin Daughter of Zion despises you and mocks you; the Daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head behind you.
He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.