Job 39:10
8 The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
- KJV
- Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
- WEB
- Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
- ASV
- Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
- DARBY
- Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
- BLB
- Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with a cord, or will he harrow the valleys after you?
- ÅB
- Kan du binde villoksen med rep til furen[^1]? Vil den harve dalene etter deg?
- OTB
- Kan du binde villoksen i en fure med tau,
Eller vil han pløye dalene etter deg? - B1930
- Kan du binde villoksen med rep til furen? Vil den harve dalene efter dig? / < d.e. tvinge den til å følge plogfuren.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 129:3
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
Read in contextJob 39:5
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Read in contextJob 39:7
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
Read in contextMicah 1:13
O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
Read in contextHosea 10:10–11
It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.
Read in contextJob 1:14
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
Read in contextJob 41:5
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
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