Job 39:24

He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

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In The King James Version

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

In Context

23The quiver rattles against him, the flashing spear and the javelin.

25As often as the trumpet sounds he snorts, ‘Aha!’ He smells the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

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Cross References

Job 29:24I smiled on them when they had no confidence. They didn’t reject the light of my face.

Jeremiah 4:19My 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 3:6Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does evil happen to a city, and the LORD hasn’t done it?

Luke 24:41While they still didn’t believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, “Do you have 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 →

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