Job 39:11
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
World English Bible Updated
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 hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28God blessed them. God said to them, “Be fruitful, 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 on the earth.”
Genesis 42:26They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Psalms 144:14Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
Proverbs 14:4Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
Isaiah 30:16but you said, “No, for we will flee on horses;” therefore you will flee; and, “We will ride on the swift;” therefore those who pursue you will be swift.
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 →