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Good News Translation

Job 39:23

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - God;   Horse;   Thompson Chain Reference - Quivers;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Beasts;   Spear;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Horses;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Animals;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Blade;   Horse;   Quiver;   Target;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Arms;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Horse;   Transportation and Travel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Horse;   Knowledge;   Nature;   World;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Horse;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Quiver;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Greyhound;   Horse;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Glitter;   Horse;   Quiver;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Horse;  

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.
Contemporary English Version
while the weapons of their riders rattle and flash in the sun.
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.
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 Was it you, Job, who made horses so strong and gave them their flowing manes? 20 Did you make them leap like locusts and frighten people with their snorting? 21 They eagerly paw the ground in the valley; they rush into battle with all their strength. 22 They do not know the meaning of fear, and no sword can turn them back. 23 The weapons which their riders carry rattle and flash in the sun. 24 Trembling with excitement, the horses race ahead; when the trumpet blows, they can't stand still. 25 At each blast of the trumpet they snort; they can smell a battle before they get near, and they hear the officers shouting commands.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 41:26-29

Reciprocal: Joshua 8:18 - the spear

Cross-References

Genesis 39:2
The Lord was with Joseph and made him successful. He lived in the house of his Egyptian master,
Genesis 39:3
who saw that the Lord was with Joseph and had made him successful in everything he did.
Genesis 39:4
Potiphar was pleased with him and made him his personal servant; so he put him in charge of his house and everything he owned.
Genesis 39:11
But one day when Joseph went into the house to do his work, none of the house servants was there.
Genesis 39:23
The jailer did not have to look after anything for which Joseph was responsible, because the Lord was with Joseph and made him succeed in everything he did.
1 Samuel 2:30
I, the Lord God of Israel, promised in the past that your family and your clan would serve me as priests for all time. But now I say that I won't have it any longer! Instead, I will honor those who honor me, and I will treat with contempt those who despise me.
Psalms 1:3
They are like trees that grow beside a stream, that bear fruit at the right time, and whose leaves do not dry up. They succeed in everything they do.
Isaiah 43:2
When you pass through deep waters, I will be with you; your troubles will not overwhelm you. When you pass through fire, you will not be burned; the hard trials that come will not hurt you.
Daniel 6:22
God sent his angel to shut the mouths of the lions so that they would not hurt me. He did this because he knew that I was innocent and because I have not wronged you, Your Majesty."

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.”


 
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