I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my countenance they did not extinguish.
Job 39:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 With fierceness and rage it swallows the ground; it cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [He seems in running to] devour the ground with fierceness and rage; neither can he stand still at the sound of the [war] trumpet. American Standard Version (1901) He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet. Common English Bible Excitedly, trembling, he swallows the ground; can’t stand still at a trumpet’s blast. Catholic Public Domain Version Seething and raging, he drinks up the earth; neither does he pause when the blast of the trumpet sounds. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground: neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth. |
I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my countenance they did not extinguish.
Should he be told that I want to speak? Did anyone ever wish to be swallowed up?
When the trumpet sounds, it says ‘Aha!’ From a distance it smells the battle, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to my voice.
My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain! Oh, the walls of my heart! My heart is beating wildly; I cannot keep silent, for I hear the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.
I have given heed and listened, but they do not speak honestly; no one repents of wickedness, saying, “What have I done!” All of them turn to their own course like a horse plunging headlong into battle.
Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster befall a city unless the Lord has done it?
Yet for all their joy they were still disbelieving and wondering, and he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”