Job 39:12

12 "Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor?

Job 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?

Job 39:12 In-Context

10 "Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes, Or will he harrow the valleys after you?
11 "Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him?
12 "Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor?
13 "The ostriches' wings flap joyously With the pinion and plumage of love,
14 For she abandons her eggs to the earth And warms them in the dust,

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