“Wilt thou give the horse strength, or wilt thou surround his neck with neighing? 43. In Holy Scripture there is sometimes expressed under the term 'horse,' the slippery life of the wicked, sometimes temporal dignity, sometimes this present world itself, sometimes the preparation of right intention, sometimes a holy pr…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXI
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19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
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17Because God hath deprived her of wisdom, neither hath he imparted to her understanding.
18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
— Job 39:19 —
20Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible.
21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.