Job 39:12

Can you rely on it to come back from the field, bringing your grain to the place where you thresh it?

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

In Context

11Since it is very strong, can you trust it to work for you? Can you go away after you tell it what work it should do and assume that it will do that work?

13“ Think also about the ostriches. They joyfully flap their wings, but they do not have wing feathers that enable them to fly like storks do.

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Cross References

Proverbs 3:16On the one hand, wisdom [PRS] enables you to live a long life, and on the other hand, wisdom enables you to become rich and to be honored.

Haggai 2:19Is there now [RHQ] any grain seed left in your barns? No, because you have eaten the small amount that you harvested. And there is no fruit on your grapevines and fig trees and pomegranate trees and olive trees. But, from now on, I will bless you!’”

Matthew 13:30Let the wheat and the weeds grow together until harvest time.’ At that time I will say to the reapers, ‘First gather the weeds, tie them into bundles to be burned. Then gather the wheat and put it into my barns.’”

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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