Job 39:10

Canst thou bind the wild ox to the furrow with a rope, 1 or will it behind thee till the amakim (valleys)? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

In Context

9Will the wild ox be willing to be thy eved, 1 or stay the night by thy evus (animal feeding trough)? 1

11Wilt thou depend on him, because his ko'ach is great, 1 or wilt thou hand over thy heavy work to him? 1

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Cross References

Job 1:14And there came a malach (messenger) unto Iyov, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:

Job 39:7He laughs at the tumult of the kiryah (city), 1 neither regardeth he the shouts of the driver. 1

Psalms 129:3The choreshim (plowers) plowed upon my back; 1 they made long their furrows. 1

Micah 1:13O thou inhabitant of Lakhish, 1 harness the merkavah to the swift horses; 1 it was the reshit chattat (beginning of sin) to Bat Tziyon; 1 for the transgressions of Yisroel 1 were found in thee. 1

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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