KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Job 39:22–26
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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.
Job 39:26
26Doth the hawk fly by thy wisdom, and stretch her wings toward the south?
26Doeth the hawke flie by thy wisedome, and stretch her wings toward the South?
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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)
DEFINED WORDS
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)
DEFINED WORDS
Job 39:26
A bird of prey.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
To move through the air by wings; to move swiftly or rush; to flee or pass away swiftly; or, as a noun, a winged insect.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (alignment witness) · Webster 1828
Sound judgment and the right use of knowledge; skill, discernment, or understanding.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To draw out to greater length; to extend in a line.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Limbs by which birds or flying creatures fly; by extension, sides or extremities and figures of shelter or speed.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
In the direction of; in relation to; approaching; or inclined and ready, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
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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.
From verse 26
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Open the full verse study15And the owl, and the night hawk, and the cuckow, and the hawk after his kind,
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Open the full verse study7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
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Open the full verse study11And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for himself:
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Open the full verse study12The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land;
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