Job 39:10

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 1:14 : 14 and a messenger came to Job, saying,“The oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing beside them,
  • Job 39:5 : 5 Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,
  • Job 39:7 : 7 It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.
  • Job 41:5 : 5 Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls?
  • Ps 129:3 : 3 The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.
  • Hos 10:10-11 : 10 When I please, I will discipline them; I will gather nations together to attack them, to bind them in chains for their two sins. 11 Fertility Imagery: Plowing, Sowing, and Reaping Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain; I myself put a fine yoke on her neck. I will harness Ephraim. Let Judah plow! Let Jacob break up the unplowed ground for himself!
  • Mic 1:13 : 13 Residents of Lachish, hitch the horses to the chariots! You influenced Daughter Zion to sin, for Israel’s rebellious deeds can be traced back to you!

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  • Job 39:5-9
    5 verses
    92%

    5Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,

    6to whom I appointed the arid rift valley for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place?

    7It scorns the tumult in the town; it does not hear the shouts of a driver.

    8It ranges the hills as its pasture, and searches after every green plant.

    9Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough?

  • Job 39:11-13
    3 verses
    85%

    11Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it?

    12Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain to your threshing floor?

    13“The wings of the ostrich flap with joy, but are they the pinions and plumage of a stork?

  • Ps 22:21
    75%

    21Rescue me from the mouth of the lion, and from the horns of the wild oxen! You have answered me!

  • Num 24:8
    74%

    8God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a young bull; they will devour hostile people and will break their bones and will pierce them through with arrows.

  • Num 23:22
    73%

    22God brought them out of Egypt. They have, as it were, the strength of a wild bull.

  • Job 39:19-21
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    72%

    19“Do you give the horse its strength? Do you clothe its neck with a mane?

    20Do you make it leap like a locust? Its proud neighing is terrifying!

    21It paws the ground in the valley, exulting mightily, it goes out to meet the weapons.

  • Job 41:1-7
    7 verses
    72%

    1The Description of Leviathan(40:25)“Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook, and tie down its tongue with a rope?

    2Can you put a cord through its nose, or pierce its jaw with a hook?

    3Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?

    4Will it make a pact with you, so you could take it as your slave for life?

    5Can you play with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash for your girls?

    6Will partners bargain for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?

    7Can you fill its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?

  • Isa 34:7
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    7Wild oxen will be slaughtered along with them, as well as strong bulls. Their land is drenched with blood, their soil is covered with fat.

  • Ps 29:6
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    6He makes Lebanon skip like a calf and Sirion like a young ox.

  • Job 39:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1“Are you acquainted with the way the mountain goats give birth? Do you watch as the wild deer give birth to their young?

    2Do you count the months they must fulfill, and do you know the time they give birth?

  • Job 38:31-34
    4 verses
    70%

    31Can you tie the bands of the Pleiades, or release the cords of Orion?

    32Can you lead out the constellations in their seasons, or guide the Bear with its cubs?

    33Do you know the laws of the heavens, or can you set up their rule over the earth?

    34Can you raise your voice to the clouds so that a flood of water covers you?

  • Job 38:38-39
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    38when the dust hardens into a mass, and the clumps of earth stick together?

    39“Do you hunt prey for the lioness, and satisfy the appetite of the lions,

  • Job 6:5
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    5Complaints Reflect Suffering“Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox bellow over its fodder?

  • Job 40:15-17
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    15The Description of Behemoth“Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.

    16Look at its strength in its loins, and its power in the muscles of its belly.

    17It makes its tail stiff like a cedar, the sinews of its thighs are tightly wound.

  • Job 41:13
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    13Who can uncover its outer covering? Who can penetrate to the inside of its armor?

  • Deut 33:17
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    17May the firstborn of his bull bring him honor, and may his horns be those of a wild ox; with them may he gore all peoples, all the far reaches of the earth. They are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

  • Ps 92:10
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    10You exalt my horn like that of a wild ox. I am covered with fresh oil.

  • Ps 32:9
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    9Do not be like an unintelligent horse or mule, which will not obey you unless they are controlled by a bridle and bit.

  • Job 40:9
    65%

    9Do you have an arm as powerful as God’s, and can you thunder with a voice like his?

  • Deut 14:5
    64%

    5the ibex, the gazelle, the deer, the wild goat, the antelope, the wild oryx, and the mountain sheep.

  • Prov 27:23
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    23Pay careful attention to the condition of your flocks, set your mind on your herds,

  • Ps 8:7
    64%

    7including all the sheep and cattle, as well as the wild animals,

  • Deut 22:10
    64%

    10You must not plow with an ox and a donkey harnessed together.

  • Job 41:10
    64%

    10Is it not fierce when it is awakened? Who is he, then, who can stand before it?

  • Gen 49:11
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    11Binding his foal to the vine, and his colt to the choicest vine, he will wash his garments in wine, his robes in the blood of grapes.

  • Job 40:20
    63%

    20For the hills bring it food, where all the wild animals play.

  • Job 5:23
    63%

    23For you will have a pact with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.

  • Job 21:10
    63%

    10Their bulls breed without fail; their cows calve and do not miscarry.

  • Jer 14:5
    63%

    5Even the doe abandons her newborn fawn in the field because there is no grass.