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Job 39:22–24

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22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
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Job 39:22Cross-references · 3 ranked passages

  1. Job 39:16Rank 1
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    16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;

  2. Job 39:18Rank 2
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    18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.

  3. Job 41:33Rank 3
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    33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.

Job 39:23Cross-references · 1 ranked passage

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    26The sword of him that layeth at him cannot hold: the spear, the dart, nor the habergeon.

    27He esteemeth iron as straw, and brass as rotten wood.

    28The arrow cannot make him flee: slingstones are turned with him into stubble.

    29Darts are counted as stubble: he laugheth at the shaking of a spear.

Job 39:24Cross-references · 7 ranked passages

  1. Amos 3:6Rank 1
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    6Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?

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    19¶ My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war.

  3. Job 29:24Rank 3
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    24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.

  4. Job 37:20Rank 4
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    20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.

  5. Job 9:16Rank 5
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    16If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

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    41And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?

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    8Their horses also are swifter than the leopards, and are more fierce than the evening wolves: and their horsemen shall spread themselves, and their horsemen shall come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hasteth to eat.

    9They shall come all for violence: their faces shall sup up as the east wind, and they shall gather the captivity as the sand.

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Job 39:22

COMBINED MEANING

fear

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1. Alarm, dread, terror, or apprehension. 2. Reverence, awe, or respectful regard. 3. A person, thing, or event feared or revered. 4. To fear, dread, or reverence.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

affrighted

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Suddenly alarmed with fear; terrified; followed by at or with, more generally by at.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

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COMBINED MEANING

turneth

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Third-person singular present form of turn, meaning to change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change.

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back

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Sense 1: The rear part; a position or direction behind. Sense 2: A return to a former place or condition.

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Job 39:23

COMBINED MEANING

against

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Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

glittering

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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of glitter, meaning to shine or gleam brightly with flashes of light.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Job 39:24

COMBINED MEANING

ground

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Sense 1: The soil, earth, land, floor, or supporting surface. Sense 2: Figuratively, a basis, support, or foundation. Sense 3: Crushed or reduced to small particles by grinding.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

fierceness

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Great intensity, violence, fury, or vehemence, especially of anger, wrath, rage, attack, or force.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

rage

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Sense 1: Furious and violently agitated anger. Sense 2: As a verb, to act, move, or break forth with fury, violence, or tumult.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

neither

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1. Also not; nor, introducing or joining a further negative statement or prohibition. 2. Not either, or none, of the alternatives named, commonly in a neither ... nor construction.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sound

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Sense 1: Sound: an audible noise, voice, report, or message. Sense 2: As an adjective, healthy, whole, firm, or free from error. Sense 3: As a verb, to make a noise, play or blow an instrument, or give a signal.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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39:21He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

39:22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

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39:23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.

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39:24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.

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39:25He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.

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