Iyov 39:12

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring in thy zera (grain), and gather it into thy goren (threshing floor)?

Iyov 39:12 Meaning and Commentary

Job 39:12

Wilt thou believe him that he will bring home thy seed?
&c.] Draw in the cart, and bring home the ripe sheaves of corn, as the tame ox does? no; thou knowest him too well to believe he will bring it home in safety;

and gather [it into] thy barn;
to be trodden out, which used to be done by oxen in those times: if therefore Job could not manage such unruly creatures as the wild ass and the wild ox, and make them serviceable to him, how unfit must he be to govern the world, or to direct in the affairs of Providence?

Iyov 39:12 In-Context

10 Canst thou bind the wild ox to the furrow with a rope, or will it behind thee till the amakim (valleys)?

11 Wilt thou depend on him, because his ko’ach is great, or wilt thou hand over thy heavy work to him?

12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring in thy zera (grain), and gather it into thy goren (threshing floor)?

13 Joyfully flapping are the wings of the ostrich, but are her wings and feathers like the khasidah (stork)?

14 For the ostrich layeth her betzim (eggs) la’aretz (on the ground), and warmeth them in the sand,