He swallows the ground with fierceness and rage: neither does he halt at the sound of the trumpet.
All Commentaries on Job 39:24 Go To Job 39
George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Ground. This expression is still used by the Arabs, to denote velocity. (Grotius)
Septuagint, "in wrath he will make the earth disappear. "(Haydock)
Mox sanguis venis melior calet, ire viarum Longa volunt latumque fuga consumere campum. (Nemesianus)
Account. Hebrew, "believe that "or "stops not when. "He is so eager to rush forward to battle. Si qua sonum procul arma dedere, Stare loco nescit, micat auribus et tremit artus. (Georg. iii.)