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 39:21 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Job 39:217 words
ℹWords 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…
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