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Job 39:21 Explained in Context

Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.

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Verse 21. He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.

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Role in This Section

The LORD states “He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength” as one poetic claim in The Warhorse Rejoices in Terrible Strength.

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  • Job 39:19–39:25

Job 39:19–39:25 is the required frame for Job 39:21. The LORD states “He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength” as one poetic claim in The Warhorse Rejoices in Terrible Strength. The speaker and the unit's outcome control its meaning.

Why It Needs Context

This context pointer tracks one step in Job 39:19–39:25: the LORD states “He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength” as one poetic claim in The Warhorse Rejoices in Terrible Strength. Read the paragraph before assigning enduring truth or application.

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The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.

Read Job 39:19–39:25 — The Warhorse Rejoices in Terrible Strength
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How certain is this explanation? strong

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.

Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.

Exact location: Job 39:19–39:25, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus

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hebrew text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job

Open Scriptures

Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 39:19–39:25

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