Job 39:21
He paws in the valley and rejoices in his strength; he charges into battle.
BSB
ASV
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: He goeth out to meet the armed men.
KJV
He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
He diggeth up the earth with his hoof. He exulteth boldly, he goeth on to meet the armed men. 53. By the 'hoof of the horse,' the strength of labour is usually understood. What then is designated by the 'hoof,' except the perfection of virtues in a holy preacher? And with this hoof he, in truth, digs up the earth, when, by the example of his own works, he ejects worldly thoughts from the heart of his hearers.
He paweth in the valley - Margin, “or, His feet dig.” The marginal reading is more in accordance with the Hebrew. The reference is to the well known fact of the “pawing” of the horse with his feet, as if he would dig up the ground. The same idea occurs in Virgil, as quoted above: caavatque Tellurem, et solido graviter solar ungula cornu. Also in Apollonius, L. iii. “Argonauticon:” Ὡς δ ̓ ἀρήΐος ἵππος, ἐελδόμενος πολεμοίο, Σκαρθμῷ ἐπιχρεμέθων κρούει πέδον.
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Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
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But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes and clever in their own sight.
I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor…
Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
Let no one deceive himself. If any of you thinks he is wise in this age, he should become a fool, so that he may become wise.
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Proverbs 21:31A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD.
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Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy…
A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.
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