...commentator, and its force and beauty can hardly fail to strike even the most inattentive reader : " Hast thou given the horse strength ? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder I Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth in...

...his neck is clothed with IN JOB'S HORSE. .11 i -11 , rp -j .-i thunder ; he will not be afraid as the grasshopper ; the glory of his nostrils is terrible ; he paweth in the valley, rejoiceth in his strength, and goeth out to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted,...

...horse that is "perhaps the most vivid of all literatures" (Job, 39): Hast thou given the horse his strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? Canst thou make him jump as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible. He paweth the valley and rejoiceth in...

...of Job knew so well. 'The glory of his nostril is terrible,' says the greatest of poets. 'He pauseth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.' Your intellectual will claim that the thoroughbred is an artificial brainless animal evolved by men...

...never before have I beheld a beast which verified the true scripture war-horse like this. 'He paweth hi the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains,...

...dust, (XXXIX, 13-14) 17 What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider. e, And sanctify this altar to be thine. (1. 13-16) HoPM; InPS; JCP; NAEL-1; (XXXIX, 17-19) AWP; NAWM-1 Judges 18 Speak, ye that ride on white asses, ye that sit in judgment, and...

...spear!': Carlyle conflates two quotations from Job, only one of which refers to the horse, Job 39:19: "Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?" The second phrase, Job 41:29, "he laugheth at the shaking of a spear," describes Leviathan. who relies...

...culture were fierce warriors on horseback (Fig. 3.1). Chapter III The Citadel and the Steppe aHast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his...Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory ofhis nostrils is terrible. He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet...

...famous description of the war horse in the Book of Job was. to say the least, impressed by his subject: "He paweth in the valley and rejoiceth in his strength:...goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear .... He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha!; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the...

...what way it might refer to the cousin and his nostrils, to say nothing of the grasshopper himself. ("Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? The glory of his nostrils is terrible.") Well, nobody ever did know for sure what it was all about; but most people said, never mind, there...