Job Chapter 39 verse 24 Holy Bible
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
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He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear.
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He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself 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 paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
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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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With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 24. - 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. o. 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).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(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.
