Job 39:24

Job 39:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
• New International Version (NIV)In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
• English Standard Version (ESV)With fierceness and rage he swallows the ground; he cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.

Context of Job 39:24

22He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from before the sword. 23The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet: 25At the noise of the trumpets he saith, Aha! and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting. 26Doth the hawk fly by thine intelligence, [and] stretch his wings toward the south?

Job 39:24 word by word

בְּרַ֣עַשׁ וְ֭רֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹֽא־יַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּי־ק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃Read the interlinear

• groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• soundקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• trumpetשֹׁפָרshôphâr shôphâr · trumpetH7782

Cross-references for Job 39:24

• Job 37:20Shall it be told him if I would speak? if a man [so] say, surely he shall be swallowed up.
• Habakkuk 1:8And their horses are swifter than the leopards, and are more agile than the evening wolves; and their horsemen prance proudly, and their horsemen come from afar: they fly as an eagle that hasteth to devour.
• Job 9:16If I had called, and he had answered me, I would not believe that he hearkened to my voice, —
• Job 29:24[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.
• Luke 24:41But while they yet did not believe for joy, and were wondering, he said to them, Have ye anything here to eat?

Commentaries on Job 39:24

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24He swalloweth the ground - He seems as if he would absorb the earth. That is, he strikes his feet into it with such fierceness, and raises up the dust in his prancing, as if he would devour it. This figure is unusual with us, but it is common in the Arabic. See Schultens, “in loc.,” and Bochart, “Hieroz,” P. i. L. ii. c. viii. pp. 143-145. So Statius: Stare loco nescit, pereunt vestigia mille Ante fugam, absentemque ferit gravis ungula campum. Th‘…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24They blew the ram's horn in battle to signal the attack (Joshua 6:4–6).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. swalloweth--Fretting with impatience, he draws the ground towards him with his hoof, as if he would swallow it. The parallelism shows this to be the sense; not as Maurer, "scours over it." neither believeth--for joy. Rather, "he will not stand still, when the note of the trumpet (soundeth)."Read the comment

Topics related to Job 39:24

• God
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• Trumpet

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Commentaries on Job 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings