Job 39:11
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave to him thy labour?
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
In Context
10Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Cross References
Genesis 1:28And God blessed them: and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
Genesis 42:26And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence.
Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will make mention of the name of the LORD our God.
Psalms 144:14When our oxen are well laden; when there is no breaking in, and no going forth, 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 ye said, No, for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you 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 →