Holy Scripture

Job 39:20

A church father on this verse
“Wilt thou rouse him as the locusts? 45. By the name 'locusts' is sometimes signified the Jewish people, sometimes the converted Gentiles, sometimes the tongue of flatterers, but sometimes, by comparison, the Resurrection of the Lord, or the life of preachers. For, that locusts express the people of the Jews, the life…”
Gregory the Dialogist, 7th c. — Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXI

Source: Septuagint

Original

20And hast thou clad him in perfect armor, And made his breast glorious with courage?

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In context

18In her season she will lift herself on high; She will scorn the horse and his rider.

19Hast thou invested the horse with strength, And clothed his neck with terror?

— Job 39:20 —

21He paws exulting in the plain, And goes forth in strength into the plain.

22He laughs to scorn a king as he meets him, And will by no means turn back from the sword.

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