Job 39:11

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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

Additional Resources

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 1:26 : 26 Then God said,“Let us make humankind in our image, after our likeness, so they may rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move on the earth.”
  • Gen 1:28 : 28 God blessed them and said to them,“Be fruitful and multiply! Fill the earth and subdue it! Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that moves on the ground.”
  • Gen 9:2 : 2 Every living creature of the earth and every bird of the sky will be terrified of you. Everything that creeps on the ground and all the fish of the sea are under your authority.
  • Gen 42:26 : 26 So they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
  • Ps 20:7 : 7 Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we depend on the LORD our God.
  • Ps 33:16-17 : 16 No king is delivered by his vast army; a warrior is not saved by his great might. 17 A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.
  • Ps 144:14 : 14 Our cattle will be weighted down with produce. No one will break through our walls, no one will be taken captive, and there will be no terrified cries in our city squares.
  • Ps 147:10 : 10 He is not enamored with the strength of a horse, nor is he impressed by the warrior’s strong legs.
  • Prov 14:4 : 4 Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen.
  • Isa 30:6 : 6 This is an oracle about the animals in the Negev: Through a land of distress and danger, inhabited by lionesses and roaring lions, by snakes and darting adders, they transport their wealth on the backs of donkeys, their riches on the humps of camels, to a nation that cannot help them.
  • Isa 30:16 : 16 You say,‘No, we will flee on horses,’ so you will indeed flee. You say,‘We will ride on fast horses,’ so your pursuers will be fast.
  • Isa 31:1-3 : 1 Egypt Will Disappoint Those who go down to Egypt for help are as good as dead, those who rely on war horses, and trust in Egypt’s many chariots and in their many, many horsemen. But they do not rely on the Holy One of Israel and do not seek help from the LORD. 2 Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin. 3 The Egyptians are mere humans, not God; their horses are made of flesh, not spirit. The LORD will strike with his hand; the one who helps will stumble and the one being helped will fall. Together they will perish.
  • Isa 46:1 : 1 The Lord Carries His People Bel kneels down, Nebo bends low. Their images weigh down animals and beasts. Your heavy images are burdensome to tired animals.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Job 39:7-10
    4 verses
    85%

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

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

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

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

  • Job 39:12-13
    2 verses
    81%

    12 Can 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?

  • Job 39:19-21
    3 verses
    73%

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

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

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

  • Job 41:1-7
    7 verses
    72%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 19 Would your wealth sustain you, so that you would not be in distress, even all your mighty efforts?

  • Job 40:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8 Would you indeed annul my justice? Would you declare me guilty so that you might be right?

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

  • Job 40:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15 The Description of Behemoth“Look now at Behemoth, which I made as I made you; it eats grass like the ox.

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

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

  • Job 39:1-2
    2 verses
    68%

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

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

  • 5 The LORD answered,“If you have raced on foot against men and they have worn you out, how will you be able to compete with horses? And if you feel secure only in safe and open country, how will you manage in the thick undergrowth along the Jordan River?

  • 25 Do you wish to torment a windblown leaf and chase after dry chaff?

  • 11 Would not his splendor terrify you and the fear he inspires fall on you?

  • 22 But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.

  • 4 He is wise in heart and mighty in strength– who has resisted him and remained safe?

  • Job 41:9-10
    2 verses
    67%

    9 (41:1) See, his expectation is wrong, he is laid low even at the sight of it.

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

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

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

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

  • 9 Certainly you will not refuse one of my master’s minor officials and trust in Egypt for chariots and horsemen.

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

  • 23 If the river rages, it is not disturbed, it is secure, though the Jordan should surge up to its mouth.

  • 10 Have you not made a hedge around him and his household and all that he has on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his livestock have increased in the land.

  • 8 God 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.

  • 18 If God puts no trust in his servants and attributes folly to his angels,

  • 6 Would he contend with me with great power? No, he would only pay attention to me.

  • 13 Why do you contend against him, that he does not answer all a person’s words?

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

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

  • 17 A horse disappoints those who trust in it for victory; despite its great strength, it cannot deliver.

  • 8 If he said,‘The speckled animals will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said,‘The streaked animals will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring.

  • 21 You know, for you were born before them; and the number of your days is great!

  • 14 How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!

  • 4 Is it because of your piety that he rebukes you and goes to judgment with you?