God’s Word Translation
Job 39:12
12Can you rely on it to bring your grain back and take 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 guide a wild ox in a furrow, or will it plow the valleys behind you? 11Can you trust it just because it’s so strong or leave your labor to it? Can 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? 14It lays its eggs on the ground and warms them in the dust.
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 13:15In those days I saw people in Judah stomping grapes in the winepresses on the day of rest—a holy day. I saw them bringing in loads of wine, grapes, figs, and every other kind of load. They piled the loads on donkeys and brought them into Jerusalem on the day of rest. I warned them about selling food on that day.
- Amos 2:13I am going to crush you as an overloaded wagon crushes a person.
- Proverbs 3:16Long life is in ⌞wisdom’s⌟ right hand. In ⌞wisdom’s⌟ left hand are riches and honor.
- Haggai 2:19Is there any seed left in the barn? The vine, the fig tree, the pomegranate, and the olive tree still haven’t produced. But from now on I will bless you.”
- Matthew 3:2“Turn to God and change the way you think and act, because the kingdom of heaven is near.”
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest. When the grain is cut, I will tell the workers to gather the weeds first and tie them in bundles to be burned. But I’ll have them bring the wheat into 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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