Job 39:24
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
23The quiver rattleth upon him, the glittering spear and the javelin.
Cross References
Job 29:24[If] I laughed on them, they believed [it] not; and they troubled not the serenity of my countenance.
Jeremiah 4:19My bowels! my bowels! I am in travail! [Oh,] the walls of my heart! My heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace: for thou hearest, my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the clamour of war.
Amos 3:6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? Shall there be evil in a city, and Jehovah not have done [it]?
Luke 24:41But while they yet did not believe for joy, and were wondering, he said to them, Have ye anything here to eat?
Matthew Henry on Job 39:20-26
Description of the War-Horse. ( b. c. 1520.) 19 Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder? 20 Canst thou make him afraid as a grasshopper? the glory of his nostrils is terrible. 21 He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. 22 He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword. 23 The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield. 24 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage:… Read the whole commentary →