Christian Standard Bible
Job 39:12
12Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
Job 39:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
- New International Version (NIV)Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor?
Context of Job 39:12
10Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness? Will it plow the valleys behind you? 11Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work? Can 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? 14She abandons her eggs on the ground and lets them be warmed in the sand.
Read all of Job 39Job 39:12 word by word
הֲתַאֲמִ֣ין בּ֭וֹ כִּי־יָשִׁ֣יב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְֽגָרְנְךָ֥ יֶאֱסֹֽף׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 39:12
- Nehemiah 13:15At that time I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in stores of grain and loading them on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought to Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
- Amos 2:13Look, I am about to crush you in your place as a wagon crushes when full of grain.
- Proverbs 3:16Long life is in her right hand; in her left, riches and honor.
- Haggai 2:19Is there still seed left in the granary? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet produced. But from this day on I will bless you.”
- Matthew 3:2and saying, “Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!”
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest. At harvest time I’ll tell the reapers: Gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to burn them, but collect the wheat in my barn.’”
Commentaries on Job 39:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12That he will bring home thy seed - Thou canst make no domestic nor agricultural use of him.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Wilt thou believe him? - That is, wilt thou trust him with the productions of the field? The idea is, that he was an untamed and unsubdued animal. He could not be governed, like the camel or the ox. If the sheaves of the harvest were laid on him, there would be no certainty that he would convey them where the farmer wished them. And gather it into thy barn? - Or, rather, “to thy threshing-floor,” for so the word used here (גרן gôren ) means. It was not…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. 1212. believe--trust. seed--produce (1Sa 8:15). into thy barn--rather, "gather (the contents of) thy threshing-floor" [Maurer]; the corn threshed on it.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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