Job 39:12
10 Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
11 Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
- KJV
- Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
- WEB
- Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
- ASV
- Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather [the grain] of thy threshing-floor?
- DARBY
- Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?
- BLB
- Will you trust in him that he will bring back your grain and gather [it] [to] your threshing floor?
- ÅB
- Kan du lite på at den fører din grøde hjem, og at den samler den til din treskeplass?
- OTB
- Vil du stole på at han bringer tilbake ditt korn,
Og samler det fra ditt treskegulv? - B1930
- Kan du lite på at den fører din grøde hjem, og at den samler den til din treskeplass?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Haggai 2:19
Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
Read in contextAmos 2:13
Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
Read in contextMatthew 3:2
and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Read in contextNehemiah 13:15
In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
Read in contextProverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Read in contextMatthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
Read in context