He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage: neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
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Gill's Exposition
He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage,.... Being so eager for the battle, and so full of fierceness and rage, he bounds the plain with such swiftness that he seems rather to swallow up the…
Barnes' Notes
He swalloweth the ground - He seems as if he would absorb the earth. That is, he strikes his feet into it with such fierceness, and raises up the dust in his prancing, as if he would devour it. This…
God, having displayed his own power in those creatures that are strong and despise man, here shows it in one scarcely inferior to any of them in strength, and yet very tame and serviceable to man, and…
Cambridge Bible
neither believeth he That is, most probably, he hardly trusts his ears for gladness.
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