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Job 39:18

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39:18But as soon as she springs up,22

she laughs at the horse and its rider.

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Footnotes

  1. 22 The colon poses a slight problem here. The literal meaning of the Hebrew verb translated “springs up” (i.e., “lifts herself on high”) might suggest flight. But some of the proposals involve a reading about readying herself to run.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

When she rouses herself to flee,

she laughs at the horse and his rider.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Yet when she spreads her feathers to run,

she laughs at horse and rider.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

When she proudly spreads her wings,

she laughs at the horse and its rider.

NLTNew Living Translation

But whenever she jumps up to run,

she passes the swiftest horse with its rider.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

When it spreads its wings aloft,

it laughs at the horse and its rider.

KJV 1900King James Version

What time she lifteth up herself on high,

She scorneth the horse and his rider.