Job 39:21
ContextNETBible | It 1 paws the ground in the valley, 2 exulting mightily, 3 it goes out to meet the weapons. |
XREF | Jud 5:22; 1Sa 17:4-10,42; Ps 19:5; Pr 21:31; Jer 8:6; Jer 9:23 |
NET © Notes |
1 tc The Hebrew text has a plural verb, “they paw.” For consistency and for stylistic reasons this is translated as a singular. 2 tn The armies would prepare for battles that were usually fought in the valleys, and so the horse was ready to charge. But in Ugaritic the word `mk means “force” as well as “valley.” The idea of “force” would fit the parallelism here well (see M. Dahood, “Value of Ugaritic for textual criticism,” Bib 40 [1959]: 166). 3 tn Or “in strength.” |