Job 39:23
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 39:23 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 39:23 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 39:23 — KJV
“The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.”
— Job 39:23 (KJV)
Job 39:23 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 39:23
“They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?”
Shares key themes with Job 39:23: spear, shield
“And the staff of his spear was like a weaver's beam; and his spear's head weighed six hundred shekels of iron: and one bearing a shield went before him.”
Shares key themes with Job 39:23: spear, shield
“Then said David to the Philistine, Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.”
Shares key themes with Job 39:23: spear, shield
“The LORD forbid that I should stretch forth mine hand against the LORD'S anointed: but, I pray thee, take thou now the spear that is at his bolster, and the cruse of water, and let us go.”
Shares key themes with Job 39:23: against, spear
“These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. The Tachmonite...: or, Joshebbassebet the Tachmonite, head of the three whom he...: Heb. slain he lift...: from (1ch:) whom he...: Heb. slain”
Shares key themes with Job 39:23: against, spear
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