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Job 39:10
10It will not let you tie it to a plough. It will not agree to prepare your fields in the valleys.
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
8Instead, they live on the hills, where they find fresh plants to eat. 9Can you tell a wild ox to work for you? No! At night, it will not stay to feed at your farm. It will not let you tie it to a plough. It will not agree to prepare your fields in the valleys. 11A wild ox is very strong. But you cannot trust it to help you with your difficult work. 12It will not help you to bring in your harvest of grain. It will not take the grain to your threshing floor.
Read all of Job 39Job 39:10 word by word
הֲֽתִקְשָׁר־רֵ֭ים בְּתֶ֣לֶם עֲבֹת֑וֹ אִם־יְשַׂדֵּ֖ד עֲמָקִ֣ים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 39:10
- Job 39:5Did you send out the wild donkeys to go wherever they want?
- Job 1:14A servant brought a message to Job. He said, ‘We were using your oxen to plough the fields. Your donkeys were eating grass beside them.
- Job 41:5Leviathan is not something to enjoy at home, like a bird. You cannot tie it with a rope, so that your girls can play with it.
- Psalms 129:3They hit my back with whips. They made long marks on it, like farmers who are ploughing their fields.
- Hosea 10:10When I decide that the time is right, I will punish the Israelites. Because of their many sins, I will bring other nations to attack them. Their enemies will tie them up with chains.
- Micah 1:13You people who live in Lachish, get your chariots and horses ready to go! You were the first people in Judah to do what is wrong. You are exactly like Israel's people, because, like them, you refused to obey God.
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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