Job 39:9
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
King James Version
In Context
8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Cross References
Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
Psalms 22:21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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 →