Job 39:12

12 Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-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 Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?

11 Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?

12 Will you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?

13 Is the wing of the ostrich feeble, or is it because she has no feathers,

14 That she puts her eggs on the earth, warming them in the dust,