Job 39:9
Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
In Context
8The range of mountains [is] his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.
10Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
Cross References
Numbers 23:22God is bringing them out from Egypt, As the swiftness of a Reem is to him;
Psalms 22:21Save me from the mouth of a lion: — And — from the horns of the high places Thou hast answered me!
Isaiah 1:3An ox hath known its owner, And an ass the crib of its master, Israel hath not known, My people hath not understood.
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 →