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Job 39:17-19
Contemporary English Version
Job 39:17-19
Contemporary English Version
17 I myself made her foolish
and without common sense.
18 But once she starts running,[a]
she laughs at a rider
on the fastest horse.
Did You Give Horses Their Strength?
19 Did you give horses their strength
and the flowing hair
along their necks?
Footnotes
- 39.18 starts running: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
Job 39:17-19
New International Version
Job 39:17-19
New International Version
17 for God did not endow her with wisdom
or give her a share of good sense.(A)
18 Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,
she laughs(B) at horse and rider.
19 “Do you give the horse its strength(C)
or clothe its neck with a flowing mane?
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