Job 39 · Verse 24

Job 39:24

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
Job 39:24, King James Version

Job 39:24 in other translations

BSBTrembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
WEBHe eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
ASVHe swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
YLTWith trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
DARBYHe swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:
BBEShaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;
WebsterHe swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

What does Job 39:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
24. swalloweth--Fretting with impatience, he draws the ground towards him with his hoof, as if he would swallow it. The parallelism shows this to be the sense; not as Maurer, "scours over it." neither believeth--for joy. Rather, "he will not stand still, when the note of the trumpet (soundeth)."

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Job 39:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בְּרַ֣עַשׁbe.Ra.'ashwith shakingH7494
וְ֭רֹגֶזVe.ro.gezand excitementH7267
יְגַמֶּא\־ye.ga.me'-it swallowsH1572
אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz[the] groundH776
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יַ֝אֲמִ֗יןya.'a.Minit stands firmH539
כִּי\־ki-forH3588
ק֥וֹלKol[the] sound ofH6963
שׁוֹפָֽר\׃sho.Fara hornH7782

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 39:24

  • Jeremiah 4:19

    My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

  • Job 9:16

    If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

  • Job 37:20

    Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  • Amos 3:6

    Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?

  • Job 29:24

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

  • Luke 24:41

    And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

  • Habakkuk 1:8-9

    Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat. They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
He swalloweth.
37:20; Hab 1:8,9
neither.
9:16; 29:24; Lu 24:41

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 39:23

    The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

  • Job 39:24

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

  • Job 39:25

    He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

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Job 39:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Escarba la tierra, alégrase en su fuerza, sale al encuentro de las armas:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Frémissant et agité, il dévore le sol, et ne peut se contenir quand sonne la trompette.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Mit Ungestüm und Zorn schlürft es den Boden, und läßt sich nicht halten, wenn die Posaune ertönt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
fervens et fremens sorbet terram, nec reputat tubæ sonare clangorem.