New English Translation
Job 39:11
11Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit 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
9Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough? 10Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you? Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it? 12Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain to your threshing floor? 13“The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?
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הֲֽתִבְטַח־בּ֭וֹ כִּי־רַ֣ב כֹּח֑וֹ וְתַעֲזֹ֖ב אֵלָ֣יו יְגִיעֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 39:11
- Psalms 20:7Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the Lord our God.
- Psalms 33:16No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might.
- Psalms 147:10He is not enamored with the strength of a horse, nor is he impressed by the warrior’s strong legs.
- Isaiah 30:16You say, ‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say, ‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.
- Isaiah 31:1Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the Lord.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”
- Genesis 9:2Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.
- Genesis 42:26So they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
- Psalms 144:14Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.
- Proverbs 14:4Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen.
- Isaiah 30:6This is a message about the animals in the Negev: Through a land of distress and danger, inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, by snakes and darting adders, they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys, their riches on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot help them.
- Isaiah 46:1Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.
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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