Job 39:11
Do you trust in him because his power [is] great? And do you leave your labor to him?
Literal Standard 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
10Do you bind a wild ox in a furrow [with] his thick band? Does he harrow valleys after you?
12Do you trust in him || That he brings back your seed, || And gathers [it to] your threshing-floor?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God blesses them, and God says to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over [the] fish of the sea, and over [the] bird of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping on the earth.”
Genesis 42:26And they lift up their grain on their donkeys, and go from there,
Psalms 20:7Some of chariots, and some of horses, || And we of the Name of our God YHWH || Make mention.
Psalms 144:14Our oxen are carrying, there is no breach, || And there is no outgoing, || And there is no crying in our broad places.
Proverbs 14:4Without oxen a stall [is] clean, || And great [is] the increase by the power of the ox.
Isaiah 30:16And you say, “No, for we flee on a horse,” || Therefore you flee, || And, “We ride on the swift!” Therefore your pursuers are 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 →