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Job 39:10
10Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for 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?
- New International Version (NIV)Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
- 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?
Context of Job 39:10
8The mountains are its pastureland, where it searches for every blade of grass. 9“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall? Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you? 11Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work? 12Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver 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
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 39:10
- Job 39:5“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom? Who untied its ropes?
- Job 1:14a messenger arrived at Job’s home with this news: “Your oxen were plowing, with the donkeys feeding beside them,
- Job 41:5Can you make it a pet like a bird, or give it to your little girls to play with?
- Psalms 129:3My back is covered with cuts, as if a farmer had plowed long furrows.
- Hosea 10:10Now whenever it fits my plan, I will attack you, too. I will call out the armies of the nations to punish you for your multiplied sins.
- Micah 1:13Harness your chariot horses and flee, you people of Lachish. You were the first city in Judah to follow Israel in her rebellion, and you led Jerusalem into sin.
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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