Job 39:11

Will you trust him because his strength is great? 1 Will you leave your work to him to do? 1

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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 use ropes to hold the wild ox in the furrows? 1 Will he harrow the valleys as he follows after you? 1

12Will you depend on him to bring your grain home, 1 to gather the grain for your threshing floor? 1

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Cross References

Genesis 1:28God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful, and multiply. Fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves upon the earth.”

Genesis 42:26The brothers loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed from there.

Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, 1 but we call on Yahweh our God. 1

Psalms 144:14Then our oxen will have many young. 1 No one will break through our walls; there will be no exile 1 and no outcry in our streets. 1

Proverbs 14:4Where there are no cattle the feeding trough is clean, 1 but an abundant crop can come by the strength of an ox. 1

Isaiah 30:16You said, 'No, 1 for we will flee on horses,' so you will flee; 1 and, 'We will ride upon swift horses,' so those who pursue you will be swift. 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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