Job 39:11

Will you trust him, because his strength is great? or will you leave your labour to him?

Updated King James Version

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 bind the unicorn (p. ox) with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after you?

12Will you believe him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather it into your barn?

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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 moves upon the earth.

Genesis 42:26And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Psalms 144:14That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining 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 all of you said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall all of you 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 →

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