God’s Word Translation
Job 39:11
11Can you trust it just because it’s so strong or leave your labor to it?
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
9“Will the wild ox agree to serve you, or will it stay at night beside your feeding trough? 10Can you guide a wild ox in a furrow, or will it plow the valleys behind you? Can you trust it just because it’s so strong or leave your labor to it? 12Can you rely on it to bring your grain back and take it to your threshing floor? 13“Does the ostrich flap its wings in joy, or do its wings lack feathers?
Read all of Job 39Job 39:11 word by word
הֲֽתִבְטַח־בּ֭וֹ כִּי־רַ֣ב כֹּח֑וֹ וְתַעֲזֹ֖ב אֵלָ֣יו יְגִיעֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 39:11
- Psalms 20:7Some ⌞rely⌟ on chariots and others on horses, but we will boast in the name of the Lord our God.
- Psalms 33:16No king achieves a victory with a large army. No warrior rescues himself by his own great strength.
- Psalms 147:10He finds no joy in strong horses, nor is he pleased by brave soldiers.
- Isaiah 30:16You’ve said, “No, we’ll flee on horses.” So you flee. You’ve added, “We’ll ride on fast horses.” So those who chase you will also be fast.
- Isaiah 31:1How horrible it will be for those who go to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who depend on many chariots, who depend on very strong war horses. They don’t look to the Holy One of Israel. They don’t seek the Lord.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let us make humans in our image, in our likeness. Let them rule the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, the domestic animals all over the earth, and all the animals that crawl on the earth.”
- Genesis 9:2All the wild animals and all the birds will fear you and be terrified of you. Every creature that crawls on the ground and all the fish in the sea have been put under your control.
- Genesis 42:26they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
- Psalms 144:14May our cattle have many calves. May no one break in, and may no one be dragged out. May there be no cries of distress in our streets.
- Proverbs 14:4Where there are no cattle, the feeding trough is empty, but the strength of an ox produces plentiful harvests.
- Isaiah 30:6This is the divine revelation about the animals in the Negev. “My people travel through lands where they experience distress and hardship. Lions and lionesses live there. Vipers and poisonous snakes live there. They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels to a nation that can’t help them.
- Isaiah 46:1The god Bel bows down; the god Nebo stoops low. Their statues are seated on animals and cattle. The gods that you carry are burdens, a load for weary people.
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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