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Verse	Translation	Text
Job 39:21	Strong Concordance	He paweth [02658] in the valley [06010], and rejoiceth [07797] in his strength [03581]: he goeth on [03318] to meet [07125] the armed men [05402].
	King James	He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
valley--where the battle is joined. goeth on--goeth forth (Num 1:3; Num 21:23).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

valley--where the battle is joined.

goeth on--goeth forth (Num 1:3; Num 21:23).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
He paweth in the valley - Margin, "or, His feet dig." The marginal reading is more in accordance with the Hebrew. The reference is to the well known fact of the "pawing" of the horse with his feet, as if he would dig up the ground. The same idea occurs in Virgil, as quoted above: caavatque Tellurem, et solido graviter solar ungula cornu. Also in Apollonius, L. iii. "Argonauticon:" Ὡς δ ̓ ἀρήΐος ἵππος, ἐελδόμενος πολεμοίο, Σκαρθμῷ ἐπιχρεμέθων κρούει πέδον. Hōs d' arēios hippos, eeldomenos polemoio, Skarthmō epichremethōn krouei pedon. "As a war-horse, impatient for the battle, Neighing beats the ground with bis hoofs" He goeth on to meet the armed men - Margin, "armor." The margin is in accordance with the Hebrew, but still the idea is substantially the same. The horse rushes on furiously against the weapons of war.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

He paweth in the valley - Margin, "or, His feet dig." The marginal reading is more in accordance with the Hebrew. The reference is to the well known fact of the "pawing" of the horse with his feet, as if he would dig up the ground. The same idea occurs in Virgil, as quoted above:

caavatque

Tellurem, et solido graviter solar ungula cornu.

Also in Apollonius, L. iii. "Argonauticon:"

Ὡς δ ̓ ἀρήΐος ἵππος, ἐελδόμενος πολεμοίο,

Σκαρθμῷ ἐπιχρεμέθων κρούει πέδον.

Hōs d' arēios hippos, eeldomenos polemoio,

Skarthmō epichremethōn krouei pedon.

"As a war-horse, impatient for the battle,

Neighing beats the ground with bis hoofs"

He goeth on to meet the armed men - Margin, "armor." The margin is in accordance with the Hebrew, but still the idea is substantially the same. The horse rushes on furiously against the weapons of war.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Valley - Battles used to be pitched in valleys, or low grounds, especially horse battles.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Valley - Battles used to be pitched in valleys, or low grounds, especially horse battles.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
He paweth in the valley - יחפרו yachperu, "they dig in the valley," i.e., in his violent galloping, in every pitch of his body, he scoops up sods out of the earth. Virgil has seized this idea also, in his cavat tellurem; "he scoops out the ground." See before.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

He paweth in the valley - יחפרו yachperu, "they dig in the valley," i.e., in his violent galloping, in every pitch of his body, he scoops up sods out of the earth. Virgil has seized this idea also, in his cavat tellurem; "he scoops out the ground." See before.

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