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The LORD Speaks of His Creation

Job 39:24

In 11 translations

BSB
Trembling with excitement, he devours the distance; he cannot stand still when the ram’s horn sounds.
KJV
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
WEB
He eats up the ground with fierceness and rage, neither does he stand still at the sound of the trumpet.
ASV
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.
LSV
He swallows the ground with trembling and rage, || And does not remain steadfast || Because of the sound of a horn.
YLT
With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.
DBY
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage, and cannot contain himself at the sound of the trumpet:
DRC
Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground, neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth.
GNV39:27
He swalloweth the ground for fearcenes and rage, and he beleeueth not that it is the noise of the trumpet.
JPS
He swalloweth the ground with storm and rage; neither believeth he that it is the voice of the horn.
LXXE
and he will not believe until the trumpet sounds.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
בְּרַ֣עַשׁ וְ֭רֹגֶז יְגַמֶּא־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹֽא־יַ֝אֲמִ֗ין כִּי־ק֥וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃
LXX-Br
καὶ ὀργὴ ἀφανιεῖ τὴν γῆν· καὶ οὐ μὴ πιστεύσει, ἕως ἂν σημάνῃ σάλπιγξ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Jeremiah 4:19My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the pain in my chest! My heart pounds within me; I cannot be silent. For I have heard the sound of the horn, the alarm of battle.
  • Job 9:16If I summoned Him and He answered me, I do not believe He would listen to my voice.
  • Job 29:24If I smiled at them, they did not believe it; the light of my countenance was precious.
  • Amos 3:6If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?
  • Luke 24:41While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?”
  • Job 37:20Should He be told that I want to speak? Would a man ask to be swallowed up?
  • Habakkuk 1:8–9Their horses are swifter than leopards, fiercer than wolves of the night. Their horsemen charge ahead, and their cavalry comes from afar. They fly like a vulture, swooping down to devour. All of them come bent on…

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  • 39:24 in most Bibles

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