Job 39:23

Contemporary English Version

while the weapons of their riders rattle and flash in the sun.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A quiver rattles at his side,along with a flashing spear and a javelin.

Hebrew Names Version
The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

King James Version
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

English Standard Version
Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin.

New Century Version
The bag of arrows rattles against the horse's side, along with the flashing spears and swords.

New English Translation
On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash.

Amplified Bible
"The quiver rattles against him, [As do] the flashing spear and the lance [of his rider].

New American Standard Bible
"The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and javelin.

World English Bible
The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Though the quiuer rattle against him, the glittering speare and the shield.

Legacy Standard Bible
The quiver rattles against him,The flashing spear and javelin.

Berean Standard Bible
A quiver rattles at his side, along with a flashing spear and lance.

Complete Jewish Bible
The [rider's] quiver rattles over it, [his] gleaming spear and javelin.

Darby Translation
The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

Easy-to-Read Version
The soldier's quiver shakes on the horse's side. The spear and weapons its rider carries shine in the sun.

George Lamsa Translation
The quiver rattles against him, the glittering spear and the lance.

Good News Translation
The weapons which their riders carry rattle and flash in the sun.

Lexham English Bible
Upon it the quiver rattles along with the flash of the spear and the short sword.

Literal Translation
The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Though the quyuers rattle vpon him, though the speare and shilde glistre:

American Standard Version
The quiver rattleth against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

Bible in Basic English
The bow is sounding against him; he sees the shining point of spear and arrow.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.

King James Version (1611)
The quiuer ratleth against him, the glittering speare and the shield.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Though the quiuers rattle vpon him, though the speare and shielde glister:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The bow and sword resound against him; and his rage will swallow up the ground:

English Revised Version
The quiver rattleth against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
An arowe caas schal sowne on hym; a spere and scheeld schal florische.

Update Bible Version
The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and the javelin.

Webster's Bible Translation
The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

New King James Version
The quiver rattles against him, The glittering spear and javelin.

New Living Translation
The arrows rattle against it, and the spear and javelin flash.

New Life Bible
The arrows and spears he carries make noise as they hit together.

New Revised Standard
Upon it rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Against him, whiz the arrows of the quiver, the flashing head of spear and javelin;

Douay-Rheims Bible
Above him shall the quiver rattle, the spear and shield shall glitter.

Revised Standard Version
Upon him rattle the quiver, the flashing spear and the javelin.

Young's Literal Translation
Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The quiver rattles against him, The flashing spear and javelin.

Contextual Overview

¹⁹ Did you give horses their strength and the flowing hair along their necks? ²⁰ Did you make them able to jump like grasshoppers or to frighten people with their snorting? ²¹ Before horses are ridden into battle, they paw at the ground, proud of their strength. ²² Laughing at fear, they rush toward the fighting, ²³ while the weapons of their riders rattle and flash in the sun. ²⁴ Unable to stand still, they gallop eagerly into battle when trumpets blast. ²⁵ Stirred by the distant smells and sounds of war, they snort in reply to the trumpet.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 41:26-29

Reciprocal: Joshua 8:18 - the spear

Cross-References

Genesis 39:2
So Joseph lived in the home of Potiphar, his Egyptian owner. Soon Potiphar realized that the Lord was helping Joseph to be successful in whatever he did.

Genesis 39:4
Potiphar liked Joseph and made him his personal assistant, putting him in charge of his house and all of his property.

Genesis 39:11
One day, Joseph went to Potiphar's house to do his work, and none of the other servants were there.

Genesis 39:23
The jailer did not worry about anything, because the Lord was with Joseph and made him successful in all that he did.

1 Samuel 2:30
I am the Lord , the God of Israel. I promised to always let your family serve me as priests, but now I tell you that I cannot do this any longer! I honor anyone who honors me, but I put a curse on anyone who hates me.

Psalms 1:3
They are like trees growing beside a stream, trees that produce fruit in season and always have leaves. Those people succeed in everything they do.

Isaiah 43:2
When you cross deep rivers, I will be with you, and you won't drown. When you walk through fire, you won't be burned or scorched by the flames.

Daniel 6:22
My God knew that I was innocent, and he sent an angel to keep the lions from eating me. Your Majesty, I have never done anything to hurt you."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The quiver rattleth against him,.... The quiver is what arrows are put into and carried in, and seems here to be put for arrows, which being shot by the enemy come whizzing about him, but do not intimidate him; unless this is to be understood of arrows rattling in the quiver when carried by the rider "upon him", so some render the last word; and thus Homer w and Virgil x speak of the rattling quiver and sounding arrows in it, as carried on the back or shoulder; but the first sense seems best, in which another poet uses it y;

the glittering spear and the shield; the lance or javelin, as Mr. Broughton renders it, and others; that is, he does not turn back from these, nor is he frightened at them when they are pointed to him or flung at him; so Aelianus z speaks of the Persians training their horses and getting them used to noises, that in battle they might not be frightened at the clashing of arms, of swords and shields against each other; in like manner as our war horses are trained, not to start at the firing of a gun, or the explosion of a cannon.

w Iliad. 1. v. 4. x "Pharetramqne sonantem". Aeneid. 9. v. 666. y "----audito sonitu per inane pharetrae". Ovid. Metamorph. l. 6. v. 230. z De Animal. l. 16. c. 25.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The quiver rattleth against him - The quiver was a case made for containing arrows. It was usually slung over the shoulder, so that it could be easily reached to draw out an arrow. Warriors on horseback, as well as on foot, fought with bows and arrows, as well as with swords and spears; and the idea here is, that the war-horse bore upon himself these instruments of war. The rattling of the quiver was caused by the fact that the arrows were thrown somewhat loosely into the case or the quiver, and that in the rapid motion of the warrior they were shaken against each other. Thus, Virgil, Aeneid ix. 660:

- pharetramque fuga sensere sonantem.

Silius, L. 12:

Plena tenet et resonante pharetra.

And again:

Turba ruunt stridentque sagittiferi coryti.

So Homer (“Iliad, a.”), when speaking of Apollo:

Τόξ ὤμοισιν ἔχων, ἀμφηρεφέα τε φαρέτρην

Ἔκλαγξαν δ ̓ ἄῤ ὀΐστοὶ ἐπ ̓ ὤμων χωομένοιο.

Tox́ ōmoisin echōn, amfērefea te faretrēn

Eklangxan d' aŕ oistoi ep' ōmōn chōmenoio.

See Seheutzer’s “Phys. Sac., in loc.”