Job 39:20
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?”
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“Do you make him leap like a locust, striking terror with his proud snorting?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Hast thou made him to leap as a locust? The glory of his snorting is terrible.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting <FI>is<Fi> terrible.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 39:20 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 41:20Smoke billows from his nostrils as from a boiling pot over burning reeds.
- Jeremiah 8:16The 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.
- Joel 2:5With a sound like that of chariots they bound over the mountaintops, like the crackling of fire consuming stubble, like a mighty army deployed for battle.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).