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Job 39:20

Job 39:20 is verse 20 of Job chapter 39, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

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King James Version

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

World English Bible

Have you made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is awesome.

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Job 39:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 Yet when she proudly spreads her wings, she laughs at the horse and its rider.

19 Do you give strength to the horse or adorn his neck with a mane?

20 Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?

21 He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.

22 He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 41:20

Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.

Job 41:21

His breath sets coals ablaze, and flames pour from his mouth.

Jeremiah 8:16

The 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.

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