Iyov 39:24

24 He eats up the eretz with fierceness and rogez (rage); neither standeth he still at the sound of the shofar.

Iyov 39:24 Meaning and Commentary

Job 39:24

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 ground than to run upon it;

neither believeth he that [it is] the sound of the trumpet;
for joy at hearing it; or he will not trust to his ears, but will see with his eyes whether the battle is ready, and therefore pushes forward. Mr. Broughton and others read it, "he will not stand still at the noise of the trumpet"; and the word signifies firm and stable, as well as to believe; when he hears the trumpet sound, the alarm of war, as a preparation for the battle, he knows not how to ^F1 stand; there is scarce any holding him in, but he rushes into the battle at once, ( Jeremiah 8:6 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 "Stare loco nescit". Virgil. Georgic. l. 3. v. 84. "Ut fremit acer equus" Ovid. Metamorph. l. 3. Fab. 10. v. 704.

Iyov 39:24 In-Context

22 He laugheth at pachad, and nothing fears; neither turneth he back from the cherev.

23 The quiver rattleth at his side, the glittering spear and the kidon (scimitar, curved sword).

24 He eats up the eretz with fierceness and rogez (rage); neither standeth he still at the sound of the shofar.

25 As often as the shofar, he snorts Aha! and he smelleth the milchamah afar off, the shout of the sarim, and the teru’ah (battle cry).

26 Doth the hawk fly by thy binah, and stretch her wings toward the south?