Job 39:9

Will the wild ox be happy to serve you? 1 Will he consent to stay by your manger? 1

Unlocked Literal Bible

In The King James Version

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

In Context

8He roams over the mountains as his pastures; 1 there he looks for every green plant to eat. 1

10Can you use ropes to hold the wild ox in the furrows? 1 Will he harrow the valleys as he follows after you? 1

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Cross References

Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt 2 with strength like that of a wild ox. 1

Psalms 22:21Save me from the lion's mouth; 1 rescue me from the horns of the wild oxen. 1

Isaiah 1:3The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's feeding trough, 1 but Israel does not know, Israel does not understand.” 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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