Job 39:24

In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; ¹  it cannot stand still ²  when the trumpet is blown.

biblegateway Job 39:24

In frenzied excitement he eats up the ground; he cannot stand still when the trumpet sounds.

biblegateway Job 39:24

"With shaking and rage he races over the ground, And he does not stand still at the voice of the trumpet.

biblegateway Job 39:24

Fiercely it paws the ground and rushes forward into battle when the trumpet blows.

biblegateway Job 39:24

He quivers with excitement, and at the trumpet blast races off at a gallop.

SABDAweb Job 39:24

Shaking with passion, he is biting the earth; he is not able to keep quiet at the sound of the horn;

bibleoremus Job 39:24

With fierceness and rage it swallows the ground; it cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

biblegateway Job 39:24

He devours the distance with fierceness and rage; Nor does he come to a halt because the trumpet has sounded.

biblegateway Job 39:24

In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; ¹  it cannot stand still ²  when the trumpet is blown.

¹ tn “Swallow the ground” is a metaphor for the horse’s running. Gray renders the line: “quivering and excited he dashes into the fray.”

² tn The use of אָמַן (’aman) in the Hiphil in this place is unique. Such a form would normally mean “to believe.” But its basic etymological meaning comes through here. The verb means “to be firm; to be reliable; to be dependable.” The causative here would mean “to make firm” or “to stand firm.”