He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
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He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
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He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
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He swalloweth the ground with storm and rage; neither believeth he that it is the voice of the horn.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Job 39:24 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Job 9:16 If I had called, and he had answered me, yet I wouldn’t believe that he listened to my voice.
- Job 29:24 I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.
- Job 37:20 Will it be told him that I would speak? Or should a man wish that he were swallowed up?
- Jeremiah 4:19 My anguish, my anguish! I am pained at my very heart! My heart trembles within me. I can’t hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
- Amos 3:6 Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and Yahweh hasn’t done it?
- Luke 24:41 While they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
- Habakkuk 1:8-9 Their horses also are swifter than leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves. Their horsemen press proudly on. Yes, their horsemen come from afar. They fly as an eagle that hurries to devour. All of them come for violence. Their hordes face the desert. He gathers prisoners like sand.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He beateth with his hoof.
He beateth with his hoof.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and…
Job 39:24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
Ver. 24. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness] He runs over it as fast as if he did swallow it up at a draught, Terrain prae cursus celeritate, ebibare, et epotare videtur (Merc.). A hyperbolic metaphor.
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With fierceness and rage] Or, With commotion or unquietness, In fremitu et commotione. There is an elegance in the original that cannot be interpreted in English.
Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet] He is so overjoyed, when that sign is given, to begin the battle. Others, he cannot stand still when he hath once heard the sound of the trumpet.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The sense is either,
The sense is either,
1. He is so earnest and eager upon the battle, that he rusheth into it with all speed; and runs over the ground so swiftly, that he might seem to have swallowed it tap. Or,
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2. He is so full of war-like rage and fury, that he not only champs his bridle, but is ready to tear and devour the very ground on which he goes. And the phrase here used is not unusual, both in Arabic and in other authors; of which see my Latin Synopsis on this place.
He is so pleased with the approach of the battle, and the sound of the trumpet calling to it, that he could scarce believe his cars for gladness: compare Gen 45:26; Luk 24:41. Or thus, he cannot stand still, or firm, (as this verb and Hie derivative from it is used, not only in the Chaldee and Syriac dialect, but also in the Hebrew, as Deu 28:59; 1Sa 2:35) when the trumpet soundeth; his rider can hardly keep him still, but he strives and longs to run to the fight.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage,.... Being…
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage,.... Being so eager for the battle, and so full of fierceness and rage, he bounds the plain with such swiftness that he seems rather to swallow up the ground than to run upon it;
neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet; for joy at hearing it; or he will not trust to his ears, but will see with his eyes whether the battle is ready, and therefore pushes forward. Mr. Broughton and others read it, "he will not stand still at the noise of the trumpet"; and the word signifies firm and stable, as well as to believe; when he hears the trumpet sound, the alarm of war, as a preparation for the battle, he knows not how to (a) stand; there is scarce any holding him in, but he rushes into the battle at once, Jer 8:6.
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(a) "Stare loco nescit". Virgil. Georgic. l. 3. v. 84. "Ut fremit acer equus", &c. Ovid. Metamorph. l. 3. Fab. 10. v. 704.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Swalloweth - He is so full of rage and…
Swalloweth - He is so full of rage and fury, that he not only champs his bridle, but is ready to tear and devour the very ground on which he goes. Believeth - He is so pleased with the approach of the battle, and the sound of the trumpet calling to it, that he can scarce believe his ears for gladness.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He swalloweth the ground - He seems as if…
He 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
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Ante fugam, absentemque ferit gravis ungula campum.
Th’ impatient courser pants in every’ vein,
And pawing seems to beat the distant plain;
Hills, vales, and floods, appear already cross’d,
And ere he starts a thousand steps are lost.
Pope
Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet - This translation by no means conveys the meaning of the original. The true sense is probably expressed by Umbreit. “He standeth not still when the trumpet soundeth; “that is, he becomes impatient; he no longer confides in the voice of the rider and remains submissive, but he becomes excited by the martial clangor, and rushes into the midst of the battle. The Hebrew word which is employed (יאמין ya'âmiyn) means properly “to prop, stay, support”; then “to believe, to be firm, stable”; and is that which is commonly used to denote an act of “faith,” or as meaning “believing.” But the original sense of the word is here to be retained, and then it refers to the fact that the impatient horse no longer stands still when the trumpet begins to sound for battle.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Ground. This expression is still used by the Arabs,…
Ground. This expression is still used by the Arabs, to denote velocity. (Grotius) --- Septuagint, "in wrath he will make the earth disappear." (Haydock) --- Mox sanguis venis melior calet, ire viarum
Longa volunt latumque fuga consumere campum. (Nemesianus)
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--- Account. Hebrew, "believe that," or "stops not when." He is so eager to rush forward to battle.
Si qua sonum procul arma dedere,
Stare loco nescit, micat auribus et tremit artus. (Georg. iii.)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain swalloweth--Fretting with impatience, he draws the ground towards him…
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)."
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 24. He swalloweth the ground — יגמא, swalloweth, from…
24. He swalloweth the ground — יגמא, swalloweth, from which גמא, “bulrush” is derived, because of its sucking, or “swallowing,” the water. See note, Job_8:11. The Arab, in common with the Eastern and classic poets, to the present day, applies the metaphor of the text to the horse. In like manner Shakspeare: —
And starting so,
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He seemed in running to devour the way.
Henry IV., Sec. Part.
Believeth he — Furst, Hitzig, and others would read, יאמין, standeth he still. The reading of the text, believeth, is equally well supported, (Schlottmann, Conant, and Dillmann,) and is much more forcible. He cannot trust (believe) his ears, so joyous is the trumpet blast. AEschylus says of the war-horse: “Impatiently he awaits the call of the trumpet.” — Septem., etc., 394. Compare Job_9:16; Job_39:12.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 24. neither believeth he] That is, most probably, he…
24. neither believeth he] That is, most probably, he hardly trusts his ears for gladness.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (24) Neither believeth he—i.e., he disregardeth the summons of…
(24) Neither believeth he—i.e., he disregardeth the summons of the trumpet, as though he did not believe that it gave the call to war.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and. rage. This…
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and. rage. This is a common metaphor to denote the rapidity with which the horse covers the space that lies before him. Virgil has, "Corripiuut spatia" ("AEnid," 5:316); Silius ltalions, "Campum volatu rapucre" (3:308); Shakespeare, "He seemed in running to devour the way." Arab poets have similar expressions (see Bochart, "Hieroz.," pt. 1. bk. 2. p. 8). Neither beiieveth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. (So Schultens, Canon Cook, and our Revisers.) But most recent critics prefer to render, "He standeth not still when the trumpet soundeth," and compare Virgil"s "Stare loco nescit" ("Georg.," 3:84).
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
Yahweh continues to challenge Job.
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He
The word "He" refers to the horse.
swallows up ground
The horse runs over the ground so quickly that the ground passes by like water that a person drinks. AT: "runs very fast over the ground" (See: Metaphor)
with fierceness and rage
The horse is very excited, so he moves quickly and strongly.
at the trumpet's sound
It can be stated that someone blows the trumpet. AT: "when someone blows a trumpet to announce that a battle has begun" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
he cannot stand in one place
"he is too excited to stand still"
he says, 'Aha
The word "Aha" is a sound people make when they discover something. The horse makes a sound because he has discovered the battle. (See: Personification)
the thunderous shouts
It is implied that the horse hears these things. AT: "he hears the thunderous shouts" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
the outcries
"the battle cries." People have special shouts that they use in war to show their great strength and bravery and to scare the enemy.
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trumpet
commander
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 39:24 The ram’s horn was sounded in combat to…
39:24 The ram’s horn was sounded in combat to call for the charge (Josh 6:4-6).
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