American Standard Version
Job 39:10
10Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow?Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Job 39:10 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
- New International Version (NIV)Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes? Or will he plow the valleys behind you?
Context of Job 39:10
8The range of the mountains is his pasture, And he searcheth after every green thing. 9Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib? Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? 11Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor? 12Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gatherthe grainof thy threshing-floor?
Read all of Job 39Job 39:10 word by word
הֲֽתִקְשָׁר־רֵ֭ים בְּתֶ֣לֶם עֲבֹת֑וֹ אִם־יְשַׂדֵּ֖ד עֲמָקִ֣ים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 39:10
- Job 39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
- Job 1:14that there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them;
- Job 41:5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? Or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
- Psalms 129:3The plowers plowed upon my back; They made long their furrows.
- Hosea 10:10When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.
- Micah 1:13Bind the chariot to the swift steed, O inhabitant of Lachish: she was the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion; for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Commentaries on Job 39:10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Canst thou bind the unicorn - in the furrow? - He will not plough, nor draw in the yoke with another? nor canst thou use him singly, to harrow the ground.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? - That is, with the common traces or cords which are employed in binding oxen to the plow. Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? - The word “valleys” here is used to denote such ground as was capable of being plowed or harrowed. Hills and mountains could not thus be cultivated, though the spade was in common use in planting the vine there, and even in preparing them for seed, Isaiah 7:25. The…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-12The wild ox now no longer exists and was already rare by the time of Moses. It was the strongest land animal in early Canaan. They never tamed this Old Testament symbol of strength (Numbers 23:22; 24:8; Deuteronomy 33:17; Psalms 29:6; 92:10; compare Genesis 1:28; 9:2; Psalm 8:5–6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. his band--fastened to the horns, as its chief strength lies in the head and shoulders. after thee--obedient to thee; willing to follow, instead of being goaded on before thee.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 39
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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