Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Job 39:21
He paweth... he rejoiceth. — The first verb is plural, and the second singular. “They paw” (literally, dig), and “he rejoiceth.”
He paweth... he rejoiceth. — The first verb is plural, and the second singular. “They paw” (literally, dig), and “he rejoiceth.”
Verse Job 39:21. _HE PAWETH IN THE VALLEY_] רעם _yachperu_, "_they dig_ in the valley," i.e., in his violent galloping, in every pitch of his body, he scoops up sods out of the earth. _Virgil_ has sei...
HE PAWETH IN THE VALLEY - Margin, “or, His feet dig.” The marginal reading is more in accordance with the Hebrew. The reference is to the well known fact of the “pawing” of the horse with his feet, as...
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)...
_the armed men_ lit. _the weapons_....
The war horse....
Job 38:39 Ch. Job 39:30. The manifoldness of the Divine Mind as displayed in the world of animal life The instances chosen are the lion and the raven (Job 38:39); the wild goats and the hinds (ch....
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...
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...
_HE PAWETH IN THE VALLEY, AND REJOICETH IN HIS STRENGTH: HE GOETH ON TO MEET THE ARMED MEN._ Valley - where the battle is joined. GOETH ON - goeth forth (Numbers 1:3; Numbers 21:23.)...
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...
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...
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...
יַחְפְּר֣וּ בָ֭ † עֵמֶק וְ יָשִׂ֣ישׂ בְּ...
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...
“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...
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...
He (n) paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. (n) He beats with his hoof....
_Hoof. Ploughing, or rather prancing, through impatience. (Calmet) --- Boldly. Hebrew, "he exults in his strength," being sensible of glory and commendation. (Calmet) --- Non dubie intellectum adhorta...
(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...
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...
HE PAWETH IN THE VALLEY,.... Where armies are usually pitched and set in battle army, and especially the cavalry, for which the valley is most convenient; and here the horse is impatient of engaging,...
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in [his] strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men. Ver. 21. _He paweth in the valley_] -- _Cavatque_ Tellurem, et solido graviter sonat ungula cornu. Quad...
_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...
He paweth in the valley, while the soldiers are scouting and making preparations for a battle, he is impatient for the fray, AND REJOICETH IN HIS STRENGTH; HE GOETH ON TO MEET THE ARMED MEN, ready to...
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...
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...
HE PAWETH: Or, His feet dig THE ARMED MEN: _ Heb._ the armour...
HE PAWETH; or, _he diggeth_. Through courage and wantonness he cannot stand still, but is beating, as it were digging, up the earth with his feet. IN THE VALLEY: this he adds, partly because the groun...
Job 39:21 paws H2658 (H8799) valley H6010 rejoices H7797 (H8799) strength H3581 gallops H3318 (H8799
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...
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...
_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...
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....
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...
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...
1 Samuel 17:4; 1 Samuel 17:42; Jeremiah 8:6; Jeremiah 9:23; Judges 5:2
Valley — Battles used to be pitched in valleys, or low grounds, especially horse battles....