* horsehoofs.
Anciently, horses were not shod; nor are they at the present
day in some parts of the East. The flight was so rapid that
the hoofs of their horses were splintered and broken by the
roughness of the roads; in consequence of which they became
lame, and could not carry off their riders.
Ps 20:7 33:17 147:10,11 Isa 5:28 Jer 47:4 Mic 4:13
* pransings. or, tramplings, or, plungings. mighty ones.
Or, as Dr. Waterland renders, "mighty horses," or "strong
steeds," as Dr. Kennicott, i.e., their war-horses, which gives
great energy to the text, and renders it perfectly
intelligible.
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