New Living Translation
Job 39:12
12Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver 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 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? Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver it to your threshing floor? 13“The ostrich flaps her wings grandly, but they are no match for the feathers of the stork. 14She lays her eggs on top of the earth, letting them be warmed 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 men of Judah treading out their winepresses on the Sabbath. They were also bringing in grain, loading it on donkeys, and bringing their wine, grapes, figs, and all sorts of produce to Jerusalem to sell on the Sabbath. So I rebuked them for selling their produce on that day.
- Amos 2:13“So I will make you groan like a wagon loaded down with sheaves of grain.
- Proverbs 3:16She offers you long life in her right hand, and riches and honor in her left.
- Haggai 2:19I am giving you a promise now while the seed is still in the barn. You have not yet harvested your grain, and your grapevines, fig trees, pomegranates, and olive trees have not yet produced their crops. But from this day onward I will bless you.”
- Matthew 3:2“Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.”
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest. Then I will tell the harvesters to sort out the weeds, tie them into bundles, and burn them, and to put the wheat in the 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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