Job 39:19

Horse. Verses 19-25 describe the war horse. The following quotation from Virgil resembles this vivid picture:

“But, at the clash of arms, his ear afar

Drinks the deep sound and vibrates to the war;

Flames from each nostril roll in gathered stream,

His quivering limbs with restless motion gleam;

O’er his right shoulder, floating frill and fair,

Sweeps his thick mane and spreads his pomp of hair;

Swift works his double spine, and earth around

Rings to his solid hoof that wears the ground.”

Thunder. Hebrew ra‘mah, the meaning of which is uncertain. Some have taken the word to designate the mane of the horse. Ra‘mah is the feminine form of the word translated “thunder” in verse 25, but it is doubtful that the feminine form has the same meaning as the masculine. The picture is that of the excitement and eagerness of the war horse when, with arched neck, he charges into the battle.