The Meaning of Job 39:21 Explained

Job 39:21

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

YLT: They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.

Darby: He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength; he goeth forth to meet the armed host.

ASV: He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.

Discover Job 39:21

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 39:21?

MEANING: What does Job 39:21 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 39:21 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 39:21?

What is the context of Job 39:21?

On the Horse (Job 39:19-25)
The Lord Answers Job (Job 39:1-30)
God Continues to Challenge Job (Job 39:1-30)
The Lord’s Challenge Continues (Job 39:1-30)
Yahweh Interrogates Job (Job 39:1-30)
God Speaks of Nature and Its Beings (Job 39:1-30)
The Lord Speaks (Job 39:1-30)

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 39:21 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 39:1-30 - "knowest Thou?" "canst Thou?"

The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1-4; the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; the wild ox, Job 39:9-12; the peacocks and ostriches, Job 39:13-18; the war horse, Job 39:19-25; the hawk, Job 39:26-30. In each case some special point is asked, hidden from the observation of ordinary men. If Job were unable to know more than they on such matters as these, how could he expect to know more than they of the reasons that dictate God's dealings with His people?

There is mystery in every part of the universe of God. He hides Himself, so that we cannot discover Him. His thoughts are deeper, His ways profounder, than our mind can fathom. There is not a single pathway leading out of the garden of life along which a man, traversing it, will not come to a point when the track dies away in the grass and there is no further progress. In nature and in Scripture alike we have to deal with the inscrutability of God's ways. Nor can we wonder, if the God of the Bible and of nature be the God of providence, to find mystery also there. This is the argument of The Analogy of Religion, Natural and Revealed, by Bishop Butler. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 39

¹ Of the wild goats and hinds
⁵ Of the wild donkey
⁹ The unicorn
¹³ The peacock, stork, and ostrich
¹⁹ The horse
²⁶ The hawk
²⁷ The eagle

What do the individual words in Job 39:21 mean?

He paws in the valley and rejoices in [his] strength He gallops into the clash of arms

יַחְפְּר֣וּ בָ֭עֵמֶק וְיָשִׂ֣ישׂ בְּכֹ֑חַ יֵ֝צֵ֗א לִקְרַאת־ נָֽשֶׁק

יַחְפְּר֣וּ	He paws
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: חָפַר Sense: to dig, search for.
בָ֭עֵמֶק	in the valley
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular Root: עֵמֶק Sense: valley, vale, lowland, open country.
וְיָשִׂ֣ישׂ	and rejoices
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: שׂוּשׂ Sense: to exult, rejoice.
בְּכֹ֑חַ	in [his] strength
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular Root: כֹּחַ Sense: strength, power, might.
יֵ֝צֵ֗א	He gallops
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: יׄוצֵאת Sense: to go out, come out, exit, go forth.
לִקְרַאת־	into the clash
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct Root: קָרָא Sense: to encounter, befall, meet.
נָֽשֶׁק	of arms
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: נֶשֶׁק Sense: equipment, weapons, armoury.

What are the major concepts related to Job 39:21?

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