KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 39:22–25
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Job 39:22
22He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.
22He mocketh at feare, and is not affrighted: neither turneth he backe from the sword.
Job 39:23
23The quiver rattleth against him, the glittering spear and the shield.
23The quiuer ratleth against him, the glittering speare and the shield.
Job 39:24
24He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
24He swalloweth the ground with fiercenesse and rage: neither beleeueth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
Job 39:25
25He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; and he smelleth the battle afar off, the thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
25Hee saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha: and he smelleth the battaile afarre off, the thunder of the captaines, and the shouting.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 39:22
To ridicule or treat with scorn; also an imitation or false appearance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828
Alarm or dread; reverent awe; as a verb, to be afraid, revere, or cause fear.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
affrighted
Suddenly alarmed with fear; terrified; followed by at or with, more generally by at.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Turns; changes direction, returns, converts, or changes from one state or course to another.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The rear part; a position or direction behind; or a return to a former place or condition, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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Job 39:23
A case or sheath for arrows.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
glittering
Shining; splendid; brilliant.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
A long weapon with a pointed head.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Job 39:24
The earth or soil; a foundation, basis, or reason; also to establish firmly.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
MEANING IN THIS VERSE
fierceness
Great intensity, violence, fury, or vehemence of the anger, wrath, rage, attack, or force named.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Fury: violent and fiercely agitated anger, wrath, speech, or passion.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Believes, trusts, or places faith in.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Sound: an audible noise, voice, report, or message; as an adjective, healthy, whole, firm, or free from error; as a verb, to make a noise, play or blow an instrument, or give a signal.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
A wind instrument used to sound signals, announce events, or accompany worship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 39:25
Wind instruments used to sound signals, announce events, or accompany worship.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
A fight or armed conflict; also, troops drawn up for fighting.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
A loud battle cry, alarm, or tumult.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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From verse 22
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Open the full verse study16She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers: her labour is in vain without fear;
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Open the full verse study18What time she lifteth up herself on high, she scorneth the horse and his rider.
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Open the full verse study33Upon earth there is not his like, who is made without fear.
From verse 23
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Open the full verse study26The 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.
From verse 24
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Open the full verse study6Shall 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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Open the full verse study19¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study24If I laughed on them, they believed it not; and the light of my countenance they cast not down.
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Open the full verse study20Shall it be told him that I speak? if a man speak, surely he shall be swallowed up.
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Open the full verse study16If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.
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Open the full verse study41And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, Have ye here any meat?
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Open the full verse study8Their 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.
From verse 25
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Open the full verse study2Son of man, because that Tyrus hath said against Jerusalem, Aha, she is broken that was the gates of the people: she is turned unto me: I shall be replenished, now she is laid waste:
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Open the full verse study2Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:
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Open the full verse study3Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.
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