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HE SWALLOWETH THE GROUND - He seems as if he would absorb the earth.
That is, he strikes his feet into it with such fierceness, and raises
up the dust in his prancing, as if he would devour it. This f...
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CHAPTER S 38:39--39:30
_ 1. The beasts of prey (Job 38:39)_
2. The wild goats, the ass, the unicorn and the ostrich (Job 39:1)
3. The horse, the hawk and the eagle (Job 39:19)...
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HAST THOU GIVEN THE HORSE STRENGTH, &C.— It is difficult to express
violent motions, which are fleeting and transitory, either in colours
or words. In poetry, it requires great spirit in thought, and...
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2. And of the animal world (Job 39:1, Job 40:2)
TEXT 39:1-30 to Job 40:2
39 KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH?
_Or_ canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Canst...
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_HE SWALLOWETH THE GROUND WITH FIERCENESS AND RAGE: NEITHER BELIEVETH
HE THAT IT IS THE SOUND OF THE TRUMPET._
Swalloweth - fretting with impatience, he draws the ground toward him
with his hoof, as...
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THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (CONCLUDED)
Chs. Job 38:39 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation,
and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of
God. In view of...
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HE SWALLOWETH] render, 'he digs' or 'paws.' NEITHER BELIEVETH, etc.]
RM 'Neither standeth he still at.'
25A. Render, 'at each trumpet he saith, Ha!'
25B. The sense of smell in horses is very acute,...
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The army horse is like a loyal soldier. In fact, it is better than a
soldier. It is brave. And it is strong. Nothing frightens it.
Ostriches are like cowards! They run away from the battle. But army...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 39
GOD SPEAKS ABOUT BIRDS A...
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NEITHER BELIEVETH HE — _i.e._, he disregardeth the summons of the
trumpet, as though he did not believe that it gave the call to war....
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בְּ רַ֣עַשׁ וְ֭ רֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא
־אָ֑רֶץ וְ
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XXVIII.
THE RECONCILIATION
Job 38:1 - Job 42:6
THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained
in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job
makes submis...
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“KNOWEST THOU?” “CANST THOU?”
Job 39:1
The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially
with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1;
the wild ass, Job 39:5...
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And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and
birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding
of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameabl...
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He (o) swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither
believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
(o) He so rides the ground that it seems nothing under him....
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_Ground. This expression is still used by the Arabs, to denote
velocity. (Grotius) --- Septuagint, "in wrath he will make the earth
disappear." (Haydock) --- Mox sanguis venis melior calet, ire viarum...
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(19) В¶ 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 vall...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42.
Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He
makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be
vile, an...
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HE SWALLOWETH THE GROUND WITH FIERCENESS AND RAGE,.... Being so eager
for the battle, and so full of fierceness and rage, he bounds the
plain with such swiftness that he seems rather to swallow up the...
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He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth
he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet.
Ver. 24. _He swalloweth the ground with fierceness_] He runs over it
as fast as if he di...
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_Hast thou given the horse strength?_ Hebrew, גבורה, _geburah,
his fortitude_, the courage and generous confidence for which the
horse is highly commended. The reader will observe, that all the great...
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He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, as he rushes over
it in full gallop; NEITHER BELIEVETH HE THAT IT IS THE SOUND OF THE
TRUMPET, he does not stand still, he cannot contain himself whe...
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V. 1. KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING
FORTH, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the
mountains? OR CANST THOU MARK WHEN THE HINDS DO CALVE, noting the
travai...
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THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER
(vv.1-4)
The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least
aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than
aggressive, they are elusive. Did Job...
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The sense is either,
1. He is so earnest and eager upon the battle, that he rusheth into it
with all speed; and runs over the ground so swiftly, that he might
seem to have swallowed it tap. Or,
2. He...
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Job 39:24 devours H1572 (H8762) distance H776 fierceness H7494 rage
H7267 halt H539 (H8686) trumpet H7782 sounded...
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CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job.
CONCLUSION: When we consider God's wonderful works in all nature about
us, and see how wonderfully even the brute creatures are fitt...
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Job 39:1. _The wild goat,_ on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible
celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She
hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws of...
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_Hast thou given the horse strength?_
THE HIGHER TEACHING OF NATURE
The intent of all these beautiful references to the works of Nature is
to teach us, from the wisdom, skill, and curious designs dis...
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NOTES
Job 39:13. “_Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings
and feathers into the ostrich?_” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the
stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rendered....
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EXPOSITION
JOB 39:1
This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job
38:39. The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and
wild cattle are first noticed (Job 38:1); then...
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Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? can
you mark when the hinds calve? Can you number the months that they
fulfil? [Do you know how long their pregnancies are?] or do you...
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Habakkuk 1:8; Habakkuk 1:9; Job 29:24; Job 37:20; Job 9:16;...
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Swalloweth — He is so full of rage and fury, that he not only champs
his bridle, but is ready to tear and devour the very ground on which
he goes. Believeth — He is so pleased with the approach of the...