“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

    “Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

  • KJV King James Version

    Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?

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Cross-references (5)

Passages linked to Job 39:9 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Numbers 23:22 God brings them out of Egypt. He has as it were the strength of the wild ox.
  • Deuteronomy 33:17 Majesty belongs to the firstborn of his herd. His horns are the horns of the wild ox. With them he will push all the peoples to the ends of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim. They are the thousands of Manasseh.”
  • Psalms 92:10 But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
  • Psalms 22:21 Save me from the lion’s mouth! Yes, you have rescued me from the horns of the wild oxen.
  • Isaiah 1:3 The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master’s crib; but Israel doesn’t know. My people don’t consider.”

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Explain this verse (16 sources)

Historical commentary, presented as a primary source — not an endorsement.

Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain That is, the barren ground where no good fruits…

That is, the barren ground where no good fruits grow.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 39:9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain It is much disputed among the learned, but is…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee,.... Whether…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Unicorn - It is disputed whether this be the…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 9. Will the unicorn be willing to serve…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Job 39:9. Will the unicorn be willing to serve…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee? -…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Rhinoceros. See Deuteronomy xxxiii. 17., and Numbers xxiii. 22.…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain unicorn--PLINY [Natural History, 8.21], mentions such an animal; its…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain Second long strophe — JOB’S ATTENTION IS DIRECTED TO…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. will the unicorn] Rather, the wild ox (Heb.…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) The unicorn.—It is a mistake to identify this…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 39:9-12 Now extinct and already rare by Moses’ time,…

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