Job 39:24

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

Updated King James Version

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 glittering spear and the shield.

25He says among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smells the battle far off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

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Cross References

Job 29:24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

Jeremiah 4:19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart makes a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because you have heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm 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 the LORD has not done it?

Luke 24:41And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have all of you here any food?

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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