Job 39:11
Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
In Context
10Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
12Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them; and God said to them, Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the heavens, and over every animal that moveth on the earth.
Genesis 42:26And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.
Psalms 20:7Some make mention of chariots, and some of horses, but we of the name of Jehovah our God.
Psalms 144:14Our kine laden [with young]; no breaking in and no going forth, and no outcry in our streets.
Proverbs 14:4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean; but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Isaiah 30:16And ye said, No, but we will flee upon horses, therefore shall ye flee; and, We will ride upon the swift, therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
Matthew Henry on Job 39:2-13
Man's Ignorance of the Animal Creation; Description of the Wild Goat, Hind, Wild Ass, and Unicorn. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows. 4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them. 5… Read the whole commentary →