God’s Word Translation
Job 39:24
24Anxious and excited, the horse eats up the ground and doesn’t trust the sound of the ram’s horn.
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
22It laughs at fear, is afraid of nothing, and doesn’t back away from swords. 23A quiver of arrows rattles on it along with the flashing spear and javelin. Anxious and excited, the horse eats up the ground and doesn’t trust the sound of the ram’s horn. 25As often as the horn sounds, the horse says, ‘Aha!’ and it smells the battle far away— the thundering ⌞orders⌟ of the captains and the battle cries. 26“Does your understanding make a bird of prey fly and spread its wings toward the south?
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בְּרַ֣עַשׁ וְ֭רֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹֽא־יַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּי־ק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 39:24
- Job 37:20Should he be told that I want to speak? Can a person speak when he is confused?
- Habakkuk 1:8Their horses will be faster than leopards and quicker than wolves in the evening. Their riders will gallop along proudly. Their riders will come from far away. They will fly like an eagle that swoops down for its prey.
- Job 9:16If I cried out and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to me.
- Job 29:24When I smiled at them, they could hardly believe it, but the expression on my face did not change.
- Luke 24:41The disciples were overcome with joy and amazement because this seemed too good to be true. Then Jesus asked them, “Do you have anything 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
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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
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