Job 39:10

Job 39:10

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8 The range of the mountains is his pasture,
And he searches after ^aevery green thing.

9 “Will the ^awild ox be willing to serve you?
Will he bed by your manger?

10 Can you bind the wild ox in the furrow with ropes?
Or will he plow the valleys behind you?

11 Will you trust him because his strength is great?
Or will you leave your labor to him?

12 Will you trust him to bring home your¹ grain,
And gather it to your threshing floor?

13 “The wings of the ostrich wave proudly,
But are her wings and pinions like the kindly stork’s?

14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground,
And warms them in the dust;

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Barnes' Notes

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Canst 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 phrase "after thee" indicates that the custom of driving cattle in harrowing then was the same as that practiced now with oxen, when the person who employs them goes in advance of them. It shows that they were entirely under subjection, and it is here implied that the r^e 'êm could not be thus tamed.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Job 39:10:**

Job 39:9
Job 40:15
Psalms 22:21
Psalms 65:10
Isaiah 28:24
Isaiah 34:7

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