Job 39:9

Will the Wild-Ox be pleased to be thy servant? or lodge for the night by thy crib?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

8He espieth the mountains, his pasture-ground, and, after every green thing, maketh search.

10Canst thou bind the wild-ox, so that—with the ridge—shall run his cord? Or will he harrow the furrows after thee?

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Cross References

Numbers 23:22GOD having brought them forth out of Egypt, The very horns of the buffalo, are his:

Psalms 22:21Save me from the mouth of the lion,—Yea, from the horns of wild beasts, hast thou delivered me.

Isaiah 1:3An ox knoweth, his owner, And an ass his masters crib,—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 →

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