The Meaning of Job 39:22 Explained

Job 39:22

KJV: He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

YLT: He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.

Darby: He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword.

ASV: He mocketh at fear, and is not dismayed; Neither turneth he back from the sword.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He mocketh  at fear,  and is not affrighted;  neither turneth he back  from  the sword. 

What does Job 39:22 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 39:1-30 - "knowest Thou?" "canst Thou?"
The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1-4; the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; the wild ox, Job 39:9-12; the peacocks and ostriches, Job 39:13-18; the war horse, Job 39:19-25; the hawk, Job 39:26-30. In each case some special point is asked, hidden from the observation of ordinary men. If Job were unable to know more than they on such matters as these, how could he expect to know more than they of the reasons that dictate God's dealings with His people?
There is mystery in every part of the universe of God. He hides Himself, so that we cannot discover Him. His thoughts are deeper, His ways profounder, than our mind can fathom. There is not a single pathway leading out of the garden of life along which a man, traversing it, will not come to a point when the track dies away in the grass and there is no further progress. In nature and in Scripture alike we have to deal with the inscrutability of God's ways. Nor can we wonder, if the God of the Bible and of nature be the God of providence, to find mystery also there. This is the argument of The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, by Bishop Butler. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 39

1  Of the wild goats and hinds
5  Of the wild donkey
9  The unicorn
13  The peacock, stork, and ostrich
19  The horse
26  The hawk
27  The eagle

What do the individual words in Job 39:22 mean?

He mocks at fear and not is frightened nor does he turn back from the sword
יִשְׂחַ֣ק לְ֭פַחַד וְלֹ֣א יֵחָ֑ת וְלֹֽא־ יָ֝שׁ֗וּב מִפְּנֵי־ חָֽרֶב

יִשְׂחַ֣ק  He  mocks 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂחַק  
Sense: to laugh, play, mock.
לְ֭פַחַד  at  fear 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular
Root: פַּחַד  
Sense: terror, dread.
וְלֹ֣א  and  not 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יֵחָ֑ת  is  frightened 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָתַת  
Sense: to be shattered, be dismayed, be broken, be abolished, be afraid.
וְלֹֽא־  nor 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יָ֝שׁ֗וּב  does  he  turn  back 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
חָֽרֶב  the  sword 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֶרֶב  
Sense: sword, knife.

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