Job 39:11
Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him?
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
In Context
12Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.
Genesis 42:26But they having loaded their asses with the corn, went their way.
Psalms 20:7The Lord fulfil all thy petitions: now have I known that the Lord hath saved his anointed. He will hear him from his holy heaven: the salvation of his right hand is in powers.
Proverbs 14:4Where there are no oxen, the crib is empty: but where there is much corn, there the strength of the ox is manifest.
Isaiah 30:16But have said: No, but we will flee to horses: therefore shall you flee. And we will mount upon swift ones: therefore shall they be swifter that shall pursue after you.
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 →