Job 39:11
Because it's so powerful can you trust it? Can you depend on it to do your heavy work for you?
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
In Context
10Can you tie a wild ox to a plow? Can you make it till your fields for you?
12Are you sure it will gather your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28God blessed them and told them, “Reproduce, increase, and spread throughout the earth and control it; exercise authority over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the earth.”
Genesis 42:26The brothers loaded the grain onto their donkeys and then set off.
Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and some in war horses, but we trust in who the Lord our God is.
Psalms 144:14Our cattle will grow fat. No one will break down our city walls, there will be no exile, no cries of mourning in our town squares.
Proverbs 14:4Without oxen, the manger is empty, but a good harvest comes through the ox's strength.
Isaiah 30:16You replied, “No! We'll escape on horseback! We'll get away on fast horses!” But the fast ones will be the ones chasing 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 →