Job 39:11
Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
Majority Standard Bible
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 hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Genesis 42:26and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.
Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Psalms 144:14Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
Proverbs 14:4Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
Isaiah 30:16“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
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 →