Job 39:9-19

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

10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? Will he harrow the valleys after thee?

11 Wilt thou trust him because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

12 Wilt thou trust him, that he will bring home thy seed and gather it into thy barn?

13 Didst thou give beautiful wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

14 Who leaves her eggs in the earth and warms them in dust

15 and forgets that the foot may crush them or that the wild beast may break them.

16 She is hardened against her young ones, as though they were not hers, not fearing that her labour is in vain,

17 because God caused her to forget wisdom and did not give her understanding.

18 In her time she lifts up herself on high; she scorns the horse and his rider.

19 Hast thou given the horse strength? Hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?

Job 39:9-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 39

This chapter treats of various creatures, beasts and birds, which Job had little knowledge of, had no concern in the making of them, and scarcely any power over them; as of the goats and hinds, Job 39:1-4; of the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; of the unicorn, Job 39:9-12; of the peacock and ostrich, Job 39:13-18; of the horse, Job 39:19-25; and of the hawk and eagle, Job 39:26-30.