Ayub 39:2

39:2 Do you count the months they must fulfill,

and do you know the time they give birth? ¹ 

Ayub 39:24

39:24 In excitement and impatience it consumes the ground; ² 

it cannot stand still ³  when the trumpet is blown.

[39:2]  ¹ tn Here the infinitive is again a substantive: “the time of their giving birth.”

[39:24]  ² tn “Swallow the ground” is a metaphor for the horse’s running. Gray renders the line: “quivering and excited he dashes into the fray.”

[39:24]  ³ tn The use of אָמַן (’aman) in the Hiphil in this place is unique. Such a form would normally mean “to believe.” But its basic etymological meaning comes through here. The verb means “to be firm; to be reliable; to be dependable.” The causative here would mean “to make firm” or “to stand firm.”