'Leap' in the Bible
yet of all winged insects that walk on all fours you may eat those which have legs above their feet with which to leap on the ground.
“For by You I can run upon a troop;By my God I can leap over a wall.
“Then I would still have consolation,And I would jump for joy amid unsparing pain,That I have not denied or hidden the words of the Holy One.
“Have you [Job] made him leap like a locust?The majesty of his snorting [nostrils] is terrible.
For by You I can crush a troop,And by my God I can leap over a wall.
Your spoil [of Israel’s foe] is gathered [by the people of Jerusalem] as the caterpillar gathers;As locusts swarming so people swarm on it.
Then the lame will leap like a deer,And the tongue of the mute will shout for joy.For waters will break forth in the wildernessAnd streams in the desert.
Like the noise of chariotsThey leap on the tops of the mountains,Like the crackling of a flame of fire devouring the stubble,Like a mighty people set in battle formation.
They rush over the city,They run on the wall;They climb up into the houses,They enter at the windows like a thief.
“On that day I will also punish all those who leap over the temple threshold,Who fill their [pagan] lord’s temple with violence and deceit.
But for you who fear My name [with awe-filled reverence] the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings. And you will go forward and leap [joyfully] like calves [released] from the stall.