Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
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Their bulls breed without fail. Their cows calve, and don’t miscarry.
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Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
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Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Job 21:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 23:26 No one will miscarry or be barren in your land. I will fulfill the number of your days.
- Deuteronomy 7:13-14 He will love you, bless you, and multiply you. He will also bless the fruit of your body and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your livestock and the young of your flock, in the land which he swore to your fathers to give you. You will be blessed above all peoples. There won’t be male or female barren among you, or among your livestock.
- Deuteronomy 28:11 Yahweh will grant you abundant prosperity in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give you.
- Psalms 144:13-14 Our barns are full, filled with all kinds of provision. Our sheep produce thousands and ten thousands in our fields. Our oxen will pull heavy loads. There is no breaking in, and no going away, and no outcry in our streets.
- Ecclesiastes 9:1-2 For all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them. All things come alike to all. There is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, to the clean, to the unclean, to him who sacrifices, and to him who doesn’t sacrifice. As is the good, so is the sinner; he who takes an oath, as he who fears an oath.
- Luke 12:16-21 He spoke a parable to them, saying, “The ground of a certain rich man produced abundantly. He reasoned within himself, saying, ‘What will I do, because I don’t have room to store my crops?’ He said, ‘This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. I will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” ’ “But God said to him, ‘You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared—whose will they be?’ So is he who lays up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.”
- Luke 16:19 “Now there was a certain rich man, and he was clothed in purple and fine linen, living in luxury every day.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their…
Job 21:10 Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.
Ver. 10. Their bull gendereth, and faileth not, &c.] All things hit, and nothing misseth to make them happy and wealthy; they have profit and pleasure at will, the world comes tumbling in upon them, as towns were said to come in to Timotheus’ toils while he slept (Plut. in Sulla), and so they seem to be the only heirs of those promises, Exo 23:26, "There shall nothing cast their young, nor be barren in the land"; so Deu 7:14; whereunto notwithstanding they are perfect strangers: Laban and Nabal for instance.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain They send forth their little ones like a flock,....…
They send forth their little ones like a flock,.... Of sheep, which are creatures very increasing, and become very numerous, Psa 144:13; to which a large increase of families may be compared, Psa 107:41, for this is not to be interpreted of their kine sending or bringing forth such numbers as to be like a flock of sheep; but of the families of wicked men being increased in like manner; and the sending them forth to be understood either of the birth of their children being sent out or proceeding from them as plants out of the earth, or branches from a tree; or of their being sent out not to school to be instructed in useful learning, but into the streets to play, and pipe, and dance; and it may denote, as their number, so their being left to themselves, and being at liberty to do as they please, being under no restriction, nor any care taken of their education; at least in such a manner as to have a tendency to make them sober, virtuous, and useful in life:
and their children dance; either in a natural way, skip and frisk, and play like calves and lambs, and so are very diverting to their parents, as well as shows them to be in good health; which adds to their parents happiness and pleasure: or in an artificial way, being taught to dance; and it should be observed, it is "their" children, the children of the wicked, and not of the godly, that are thus brought up; so Abraham did not train up his children, nor Job his; no instance can be given of the children of good men being trained up in this manner, or of their dancing in an irreligious way; however, this proves in what a jovial way, and in what outward prosperity and pleasure, wicked men and their families live; which is the thing Job has in view, and is endeavouring to prove and establish.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 10. Their bull gendereth] עבר ibbar, passes over,…
Verse 10. Their bull gendereth] עבר ibbar, passes over, i.e., on the cow, referring to the actions of the bull when coupling with the female. Their flocks multiply greatly, they bring forth in time, and none of them is barren.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Their bull gendereth - See Rosenmuller and Lee on…
Their bull gendereth - See Rosenmuller and Lee on this verse; comp Bochart, Hieroz. P. 1, Lib. ii. c. xxx. The general idea is, that the wicked were prospered as well as the pious. God did not interpose by a miracle to cut off their cattle, and to prevent their becoming rich.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Cattle. Literally, "ox," bos. Protestants, "their bull gendereth, and…
Cattle. Literally, "ox," bos. Protestants, "their bull gendereth, and faileth not." (Haydock) --- But Bochart explains it of the cows’ bringing forth every year. (Calmet) --- Ox is used in the same sense, both by sacred and profane authors. (Haydock) --- A great part of the riches of these nations consisted in cattle, Psalm cxliii. 14., and Zacharias viii. 5.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Rather, "their cattle conceive." The first clause of the…
Rather, "their cattle conceive." The first clause of the verse describes an easy conception, the second, a happy birth [UMBREIT].
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 10. Comp. Gen_31:38; Exo_23:26.
10. Comp. Gen_31:38; Exo_23:26.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. Their cattle thrives—no failure or barrenness assails them.
10. Their cattle thrives—no failure or barrenness assails them.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; rather, their cow…
Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; rather, their cow conceiveth. Shor (rwOv), which is of both genders, must here be taken as feminine. Their cow (rather, their heifer) calveth, and casteth not her calf. Both conception and birth are prosperous; there is neither barrenness nor abortion.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
Job continues speaking to his friends.
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does not lose her calf prematurely
"she does not miscarry" or "her calf is born healthy and strong"
little ones like a flock
Job compares these children to lambs to emphasize that they run, play, and are happy. (See: Simile)
tambourine
a musical instrument with a head like a drum that can be hit and with pieces of metal around the side that sound when the instrument is shaken (See: Translate Unknowns)
translationWords
cow
flocks
children
harp
joy
flute
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