Job 39:24 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁴ With fierceness and rage it swallows the ground; it cannot stand still at the sound of the trumpet.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁴ He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁴ [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)

²⁴ He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the voice of the trumpet.

Common English Bible

²⁴ Excitedly, trembling, he swallows the ground; can’t stand still at a trumpet’s blast.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁴ 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

²⁴ Chasing and raging he swalloweth the ground: neither doth he make account when the noise of the trumpet soundeth.

Job 39:24 Cross References

Job 29:24

I smiled on them when they had no confidence, and the light of my countenance they did not extinguish.

Job 37:20

Should he be told that I want to speak? Did anyone ever wish to be swallowed up?

Job 39:23

Upon it rattle the quiver, the flashing spear, and the javelin.

Job 39:25

When the trumpet sounds, it says ‘Aha!’ From a distance it smells the battle, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

Job 9:16

If I summoned him and he answered me, I do not believe that he would listen to my voice.

Jeremiah 4:19

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.

Jeremiah 8:6

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.

Amos 3:6

Is a trumpet blown in a city, and the people are not afraid? Does disaster befall a city unless the Lord has done it?

Luke 24:41

Yet for all their joy they were still disbelieving and wondering, and he said to them, “Have you anything here to eat?”