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Job 39:21 — King James Version← Study notes

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.


Job 39:21Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 39:217 words
HebrewMeaning
יַחְפְּר֣וּyaḥəpərw
they pawverbH2658
paw · search out · seek
בָ֭/עֵמֶקbāʿēmeq
in the valleypronH6010
vale · valley . See also
וְ/יָשִׂ֣ישׂwəyāśiyś
so it may rejoicesconjH7797
greatly · joy · make mirth · rejoice
בְּ/כֹ֑חַbəkōḥa
in strengthpronH3581
able · chameleon · force · fruits ···
יֵ֝צֵ֗אyēṣēʾ
it goes forthverbH3318
after · assuredly · bear out · begotten ···
לִ/קְרַאתliqəraʾt
helppronH7125
against · meet · seek · to ···
נָֽשֶׁקnāšeq
weaponrynounH5402
armour · battle · harness · weapon
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 39:21

He diggeth up the earth with his hoof. For to dig the earth with the hoof, is to tame the flesh by strict abstinence. But the more the flesh is kept down, the more fearlessly does the mind rejoice, from the hope of heaven. And hence, when the earth has been dug out, it is fitly subjoined; He exulteth boldly. For since he firmly represses that which contends against him, he exults boldly at those things, which he longs for in everlasting peace; and his mind is the better…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 31 §76
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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