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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...
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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...
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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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_the armed men_ lit. _the weapons_....
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The war horse....
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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....
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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 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.)...
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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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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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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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HE PAWETH... HE REJOICETH. — The first verb is plural, and the
second singular. “They paw” (literally, _dig_)_,_ and “he
rejoiceth.”...
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יַחְפְּר֣וּ בָ֭ † עֵמֶק וְ יָשִׂ֣ישׂ
בְּ...
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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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_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...
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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 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,...
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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...
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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 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...
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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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HE PAWETH:
Or, His feet dig
THE ARMED MEN:
_ Heb._ the armour...
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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...
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Job 39:21 paws H2658 (H8799) valley H6010 rejoices H7797 (H8799)
strength H3581 gallops H3318 (H8799
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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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1 Samuel 17:4; 1 Samuel 17:42; Jeremiah 8:6; Jeremiah 9:23; Judges 5:2
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Valley — Battles used to be pitched in valleys, or low grounds,
especially horse battles....