Job 39:23

THE MESSAGE

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.

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"Are you the one who gave the horse his prowess and adorned him with a shimmering mane? Did you create him to prance proudly and strike terror with his royal snorts? He paws the ground fiercely, eager and spirited, then charges into the fray. He laughs at danger, fearless, doesn't shy away from the sword. The banging and clanging of quiver and lance don't faze him. He quivers with excitement, and at the trumpet blast races off at a gallop. At the sound of the trumpet he neighs mightily, smelling the excitement of battle from a long way off, catching the rolling thunder of the war cries.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Job 41:26-29

Reciprocal: Joshua 8:18 - the spear

Cross-References

Genesis 39:2
As it turned out, God was with Joseph and things went very well with him. He ended up living in the home of his Egyptian master. His master recognized that God was with him, saw that God was working for good in everything he did. He became very fond of Joseph and made him his personal aide. He put him in charge of all his personal affairs, turning everything over to him. From that moment on, God blessed the home of the Egyptian—all because of Joseph. The blessing of God spread over everything he owned, at home and in the fields, and all Potiphar had to concern himself with was eating three meals a day. Joseph was a strikingly handsome man. As time went on, his master's wife became infatuated with Joseph and one day said, "Sleep with me." He wouldn't do it. He said to his master's wife, "Look, with me here, my master doesn't give a second thought to anything that goes on here—he's put me in charge of everything he owns. He treats me as an equal. The only thing he hasn't turned over to me is you. You're his wife, after all! How could I violate his trust and sin against God?" She pestered him day after day after day, but he stood his ground. He refused to go to bed with her. On one of these days he came to the house to do his work and none of the household servants happened to be there. She grabbed him by his cloak, saying, "Sleep with me!" He left his coat in her hand and ran out of the house. When she realized that he had left his coat in her hand and run outside, she called to her house servants: "Look—this Hebrew shows up and before you know it he's trying to seduce us. He tried to make love to me but I yelled as loud as I could. With all my yelling and screaming, he left his coat beside me here and ran outside." She kept his coat right there until his master came home. She told him the same story. She said, "The Hebrew slave, the one you brought to us, came after me and tried to use me for his plaything. When I yelled and screamed, he left his coat with me and ran outside." When his master heard his wife's story, telling him, "These are the things your slave did to me," he was furious. Joseph's master took him and threw him into the jail where the king's prisoners were locked up. But there in jail God was still with Joseph: He reached out in kindness to him; he put him on good terms with the head jailer. The head jailer put Joseph in charge of all the prisoners—he ended up managing the whole operation. The head jailer gave Joseph free rein, never even checked on him, because God was with him; whatever he did God made sure it worked out for the best.

Genesis 39:11
On one of these days he came to the house to do his work and none of the household servants happened to be there. She grabbed him by his cloak, saying, "Sleep with me!" He left his coat in her hand and ran out of the house. When she realized that he had left his coat in her hand and run outside, she called to her house servants: "Look—this Hebrew shows up and before you know it he's trying to seduce us. He tried to make love to me but I yelled as loud as I could. With all my yelling and screaming, he left his coat beside me here and ran outside."

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.”