New International Version
Job 39:11
11Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work 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?
- 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?
- New Living Translation (NLT)Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?
Context of Job 39:11
9“Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night? 10Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you? Will 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? 13“The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, though they cannot compare with the wings and feathers of the 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 some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.
- Psalms 33:16No king is saved by the size of his army; no warrior escapes by his great strength.
- Psalms 147:10His pleasure is not in the strength of the horse, nor his delight in the legs of the warrior;
- Isaiah 30:16You said, ‘No, we will flee on horses.’ Therefore you will flee! You said, ‘We will ride off on swift horses.’ Therefore your pursuers will be swift!
- Isaiah 31:1Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in the multitude of their chariots and in the great strength of their horsemen, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel, or seek help from the Lord.
- Genesis 1:26Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
- Genesis 9:2The fear and dread of you will fall on all the beasts of the earth, and on all the birds in the sky, on every creature that moves along the ground, and on all the fish in the sea; they are given into your hands.
- Genesis 42:26they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
- Psalms 144:14our oxen will draw heavy loads. There will be no breaching of walls, no going into captivity, no cry of distress in our streets.
- Proverbs 14:4Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.
- Isaiah 30:6A prophecy concerning the animals of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lions and lionesses, of adders and darting snakes, the envoys carry their riches on donkeys’ backs, their treasures on the humps of camels, to that unprofitable nation,
- Isaiah 46:1Bel bows down, Nebo stoops low; their idols are borne by beasts of burden. The images that are carried about are burdensome, a burden for the weary.
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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