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Job 39:10
10Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
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?
- 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?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you?
Context of Job 39:10
8It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing. 9“Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night? Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you? 11Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it? 12Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it 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 39:5“Who let the wild donkey go free? Who untied its ropes?
- Job 1:14a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
- Job 41:5Can you make a pet of it like a bird or put it on a leash for the young women in your house?
- Psalms 129:3Plowmen have plowed my back and made their furrows long.
- Hosea 10:10When I please, I will punish them; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bonds for their double sin.
- Micah 1:13You who live in Lachish, harness fast horses to the chariot. You are where the sin of Daughter Zion began, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
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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