Job 39:21
They dig in a valley, and he rejoices in power, || He goes forth to meet the armor.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
In Context
20Do you cause him to rush as a locust? The splendor of his snorting [is] terrible.
22He laughs at fear, and is not frightened, || And he does not turn back from the face of the sword.
Cross References
Judges 5:22Then the horse-heels were broken, || By gallopings—gallopings of its mighty ones.
1 Samuel 17:42and the Philistine looks attentively, and sees David, and despises him, for he was a youth, and ruddy, with a handsome appearance.
Proverbs 21:31A horse is prepared for a day of battle, || And the deliverance [is] of YHWH!
Jeremiah 9:23Thus said YHWH: “Do not let the wise boast himself in his wisdom, || Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, || Do not let the rich boast himself in his riches,
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 →