Job 39:11

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

Leeser Tanakh

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 forest-ox with a rope [to labor] in the furrow? or will he harrow valleys, following after thee?

12Wilt thou confide in him, that he should bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?—

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Cross References

Genesis 1:28And God blessed them, and God said unto 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 heaven, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

Genesis 42:26And they loaded their asses with their corn, and departed thence.

Psalms 20:7(20:8) Some [trust] in chariots, and some in horses; but we will invoke the name of the Lord our God.

Psalms 144:14May our oxen be strong to labor: may there be no breach, nor migration, nor loud complaint in our streets.

Proverbs 14:4Where no oxen are, is the crib clean; but the abundance of harvests is [only] through the strength of the ox.

Isaiah 30:16And ye said, “No; for upon horses will we flee;” therefore shall ye flee: and, “Upon swift beasts will we ride;” therefore shall your pursuers 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 →

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