New International Version
Job 39:24
24In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)It paws the ground fiercely and rushes forward into battle when the ram’s horn blows.
Context of Job 39:24
22It laughs at fear, afraid of nothing; it does not shy away from the sword. 23The quiver rattles against its side, along with the flashing spear and lance. In frenzied excitement it eats up the ground; it cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds. 25At the blast of the trumpet it snorts, ‘Aha!’ It catches the scent of battle from afar, the shout of commanders and the battle cry. 26“Does the hawk take flight by your wisdom 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? Would anyone ask to be swallowed up?
- Habakkuk 1:8Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves at dusk. Their cavalry gallops headlong; their horsemen come from afar. They fly like an eagle swooping to devour;
- Job 9:16Even if I summoned him and he responded, I do not believe he would give me a hearing.
- Job 29:24When I smiled at them, they scarcely believed it; the light of my face was precious to them.
- Luke 24:41And while they still did not believe it because of joy and amazement, he asked them, “Do you have 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
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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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