Job 39:12

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

10It 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. It will not help you to bring in your harvest of grain. It will not take the grain to your threshing floor. 13When an ostrich is happy, it waves its wings. But it cannot use its wings to fly, as a stork can do. 14A mother ostrich leaves her eggs on the ground. She lets the sand cause them to be warm.

Job 39:12 word by word

הֲתַאֲמִ֣ין בּ֭וֹ כִּי־יָשִׁ֣יב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְֽגָרְנְךָ֥ יֶאֱסֹֽף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Wilt thou believeאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
• him, that he will bring homeשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• thy seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seedH2233
• and gatherאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622
• thy barnגֹּ֫רֶןgôren · threshing floorH1637

Cross-references for Job 39:12

• Nehemiah 13:15In those days, I saw people in Judah who were working on Sabbath days. They were making wine. They were bringing their grain from the fields. They were making their donkeys carry the grain, as well as wine, grapes, figs and other things. They were bringing all those things into Jerusalem when it was a Sabbath day. I warned them that they must not sell things on any Sabbath day.
• Amos 2:13So I will punish you. A cart that has a heavy load pushes down on the ground. That is how I will push down on you.
• Proverbs 3:16Wisdom is ready to give you a long life. She will also give you riches and honour.
• Haggai 2:19You have already eaten the crops that you stored. The grapes, figs, pomegranates and olives are not yet ready for you to pick. But after today, I will bless you. You will have many good things.’
• Matthew 3:2He told people, ‘You have done many wrong things. You must turn away from them and change how you live. Do this now, because the kingdom of heaven has come very near.’
• Matthew 13:30Let the good plants and the weeds grow up together. At harvest time, I will tell the workers to cut down the weeds first. Then they will tie them together and burn them. Then they will cut the wheat and bring it into my building. I will store it there.” ’

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

Topics related to Job 39:12

• Barn
• God
• Unicorn (Wild Ox, Rsv)

In the dictionaries

• Abide
• Barn
• Harrow
• Liking
• Mount
• Paw
• Wisdom
• Eagle
• Job, Book of
• Wild Ox

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