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Job 39:21

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39:21It26 paws the ground in the valley,27

exulting mightily,28

it goes out to meet the weapons.

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Footnotes

  1. 26 The Hebrew text has a plural verb, “they paw.” For consistency and for stylistic reasons this is translated as a singular.
  2. 27 The armies would prepare for battles that were usually fought in the valleys, and so the horse was ready to charge. But in Ugaritic the word `mk means “force” as well as “valley.” The idea of “force” would fit the parallelism here well (see M. Dahood, “Value of Ugaritic for textual criticism,” 40 [1959]: 166).
  3. 28 Or “in strength.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He paws in the valley and exults in his strength;

he goes out to meet the weapons.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It paws fiercely, rejoicing in its strength,

and charges into the fray.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength;

he charges into battle.

NLTNew Living Translation

It paws the earth and rejoices in its strength

when it charges out to battle.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They paw in the valley, and it exults with strength;

it goes out to meet the battle.

KJV 1900King James Version

He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:

He goeth on to meet the armed men.