Job 39:24

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

Frenzied and eager, it devours the ground, scarcely believing the shofar has sounded.

Berean Standard Bible:

Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.

American Standard Version:

He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

He swalloweth{H1572} the ground{H776} with fierceness{H7494} and rage{H7267}: neither believeth{H539} he that it is the sound{H6963} of the trumpet{H7782}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Habakkuk 1:8

  • 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.

Habakkuk 1:9

  • They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up [as] the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

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.

Luke 24:41

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

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.

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Commentary for Job 39:24

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H1572
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: גָּמָא
    Transliteration: gâmâʼ
    Pronunciation: gaw-maw'
    Description: a primitive root (literally or figuratively) to absorb; to absorb; swallow, drink.
  2. Strong's Number: H776
    There are 2739 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֶרֶץ
    Transliteration: ʼerets
    Pronunciation: eh'-rets
    Description: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land); [idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.
  3. Strong's Number: H7494
    There are 16 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רַעַשׁ
    Transliteration: raʻash
    Pronunciation: rah'-ash
    Description: from רָעַשׁ; vibration, bounding, uproar; commotion, confused noise, earthquake, fierceness, quaking, rattling, rushing, shaking.
  4. Strong's Number: H7267
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: רֹגֶז
    Transliteration: rôgez
    Pronunciation: ro'-ghez
    Description: from רָגַז; commotion, restlessness (of a horse), crash (of thunder), disquiet, anger; fear, noise, rage, trouble(-ing), wrath.
  5. Strong's Number: H539
    There are 176 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אָמַן
    Transliteration: ʼâman
    Pronunciation: aw-man'
    Description: a primitive root; (Isaiah 30:21; interchangeable with אָמַן, to go to the right hand); properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain; hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, [phrase] fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
  6. Strong's Number: H6963
    There are 436 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: קוֹל
    Transliteration: qôwl
    Pronunciation: kole
    Description: or קֹל; from an unused root meaning to call aloud; a voice or sound; [phrase] aloud, bleating, crackling, cry ([phrase] out), fame, lightness, lowing, noise, [phrase] hold peace, (pro-) claim, proclamation, [phrase] sing, sound, [phrase] spark, thunder(-ing), voice, [phrase] yell.
  7. Strong's Number: H7782
    There are 63 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שׁוֹפָר
    Transliteration: shôwphâr
    Pronunciation: sho-far'
    Description: or שֹׁפָר; from שָׁפַר in the original sense of incising; a cornet (as giving a clear sound) or curved horn; cornet, trumpet.