Job 39:10

10 Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?

Job 39:10 in Other Translations

KJV
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
ESV
10 Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes, or will he harrow the valleys after you?
NLT
10 Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow? Will it plow a field for you?
MSG
10 Can you imagine hitching your plow to a buffalo and getting him to till your fields?
CSB
10 Can you hold the wild ox by its harness to the furrow? Will it plow the valleys behind you?

Job 39:10 In-Context

8 It ranges the hills for its pasture and searches for any green thing.
9 “Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will it stay by your manger at night?
10 Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness? Will it till the valleys behind you?
11 Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?
12 Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?

Cross References 1

  • 1. Job 41:13; Psalms 32:9
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