Christian Standard Bible
Job 39:11
11Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work?
Job 39:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
- New International Version (NIV)Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?
Context of Job 39:11
9Would the wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it spend the night by your feeding trough? 10Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness? Will it plow the valleys behind you? Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work? 12Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain and bring it to your threshing floor? 13The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but are her feathers and plumage like the stork’s?
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הֲֽתִבְטַח־בּ֭וֹ כִּי־רַ֣ב כֹּח֑וֹ וְתַעֲזֹ֖ב אֵלָ֣יו יְגִיעֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 39:11
- Psalms 20:7Some take pride in chariots, and others in horses, but we take pride in the name of the Lord our God.
- Psalms 33:16A king is not saved by a large army; a warrior will not be rescued by great strength.
- Psalms 147:10He is not impressed by the strength of a horse; he does not value the power of a warrior.
- Isaiah 30:16You say, “No! We will escape on horses” — therefore you will escape! — and, “We will ride on fast horses” — but those who pursue you will be faster.
- Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and who depend on horses! They trust in the abundance of chariots and in the large number of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel, and they do not seek the Lord.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness. They will rule the fish of the sea, the birds of the sky, the livestock, the whole earth, and the creatures that crawl on the earth.”
- Genesis 9:2The fear and terror of you will be in every living creature on the earth, every bird of the sky, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are placed under your authority.
- Genesis 42:26They loaded the grain on their donkeys and left there.
- Psalms 144:14Our cattle will be well fed. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our public squares.
- Proverbs 14:4Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of an ox.
- Isaiah 30:6A pronouncement concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of trouble and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people who will not help them.
- Isaiah 46:1Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Idols depicting them are consigned to beasts and cattle. The images you carry are loaded, as a burden for the weary animal.
Commentaries on Job 39:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Wilt thou trust him? - As thou dost the ox. In the domestic animals great confidence is of necessity placed, and the reliance on the fidelity of the ox and the horse is not usually misplaced. The idea here is, that the unicorn could not be so tamed that important interests could be safely entrusted to him. Because his strength is great? - Wilt thou consider his strength as a reason why important interests might be entrusted to him? The strength of the ox…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. 1111. thy labour--rustic work.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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