John Trapp on Job 39:25

Verſe 25. He ſaith among the Trumpets, Ha, ha] Or, Euge. A Note of rejoycing, which he ſeemeth to utter in his language: theſe are Poetical termes.

He ſmelleth out the battle afar off] He knowes that the onſet is about to be given. Pliny writeth, That horſes will perceive aforehand the very time of the fight if it be but

By the thunder of the Captaines, and the ſhouting] The Captains adhortation, and the Souldiers acclamations, &c. The Hebrew word ſignifieth the noiſe either of joy or ſorrow; both are commonly heard in battles. For every battle of the Warriour is with confuſed noiſe, and garments rolled in blood, Iſai. 9.5. The glory of all this that is ſaid of the horſe,Bodin. theat. Nat. p. 407. the Lord aſſumeth to himſelf; and yet the horſe is not ſo couragious, but that he is as much afraid of, and troubled at the ſight of the Stone Taraxippe (which therehence alſo hath its name) as the Elephant is at the ſight of an Hog, and a Lion of a Cock, wherewith they have a natural antipathy, as Naturaliſts tell us.