Job 39:9

7 He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

8 He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

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?

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
KJV
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
WEB
“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
ASV
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
DARBY
Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy crib?
BLB
Is the wild ox willing to serve you, or will he lodge by your manger?
ÅB
Har vel villoksen lyst til å tjene deg? Vil den bli natten over ved din krybbe?
OTB
Vil villoksen være villig til å tjene deg,
Eller vil han tilbringe natten ved din fôrtrau?
B1930
Har vel villoksen lyst til å tjene dig? Vil den bli natten over ved din krybbe?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Numbers 23:22

    God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.

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  • Psalms 92:10

    But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.

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  • Deuteronomy 33:17

    His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”

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  • Psalms 22:21

    Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!

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  • Isaiah 1:3

    The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

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