Job 39:9
Will the wild-ox consent to serve thee? Will he pass the night at thy crib?
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
In Context
8The range of the mountains is his pasture; He seeketh after every green thing,
Cross References
Psalms 22:21Save me from the lion's mouth; Shield me from the horns of the buffaloes!
Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib; But Israel doth not know; My people do not consider.”
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 →