John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 39:23
The quiver rattleth against him ,.... The quiver is what arrows are put into and carried in, and seems here to be put for arrows, which being shot by the enemy come whizzing about him, but do not intimidate him; unless this is to be understood of arrows rattling in the quiver when carried by the rider "upon him", so some render the last word; and thus Homer F23 Iliad. 1. v. 4. and Virgil F24 "Pharetramqne sonantem". Aeneid. 9. v. 666. speak of the rattling quiver and sounding... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 39:19-25
God, having displayed his own power in those creatures that are strong and despise man, here shows it in one scarcely inferior to any of them in strength, and yet very tame and serviceable to man, and that is the horse, especially the horse that is prepared against the day of battle and is serviceable to man at a time when he has more than ordinary occasion for his service. It seems, there was, in Job's country, a noble generous breed of horses. Job, it is probable, kept many, though they are... read more