39:23 On it the quiver rattles;
the lance and javelin 1 flash.
41:29 A club is counted 2 as a piece of straw;
it laughs at the rattling of the lance.
1 tn This may be the scimitar (see G. Molin, “What is a kidon?” JSS 1 [1956]: 334-37).
2 tn The verb is plural, but since there is no expressed subject it is translated as a passive here.