Job 39:10
Can you use ropes to hold the wild ox in the furrows? 1 Will he harrow the valleys as he follows after you? 1
Unlocked Literal 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 happy to serve you? 1 Will he consent to stay by your manger? 1
11Will you trust him because his strength is great? 1 Will you leave your work to him to do? 1
Cross References
Job 1:14A messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were feeding beside them.
Job 39:7He laughs in scorn at the noises in the city; 1 he does not hear the driver's shouts. 1
Psalms 129:3The plowers plowed on my back; 1 they made their furrows long. 1
Micah 1:13Harness the chariot to the team of horses, inhabitants of Lachish. 1 You, Lachish, were the beginning of sin for the daughter of Zion, 1 for the transgressions of Israel were found in you. 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 →