Job 39 · Verse 10

Job 39:10

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Job 39:10, King James Version

Job 39:10 in other translations

BSBCan you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
WEBCan you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
ASVCanst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
YLTDost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
DARBYCanst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
BBEWill he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?
WebsterCanst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

What does Job 39:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. his band--fastened to the horns, as its chief strength lies in the head and shoulders. after thee--obedient to thee; willing to follow, instead of being goaded on before thee.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 Canst thou bind the unicorn - in the furrow? - He will not plough, nor draw in the yoke with another? nor canst thou use him singly, to harrow the ground.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 39:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֲֽתִקְשָׁר\־hatik.shor-¿ will you bindH7194
רֵ֭יםreim[the] wild oxH7214
בְּתֶ֣לֶםbe.Te.lemin a furrowH8525
עֲבֹת֑וֹa.vo.Torope itsH5688
אִם\־'im-or?H518
יְשַׂדֵּ֖דye.sa.Dedwill it harrowH7702
עֲמָקִ֣ים'a.ma.KimvalleysH6010
אַחֲרֶֽיךָ\׃'a.cha.Rei.khabehind youH310

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 39:10

  • Psalms 129:3

    The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.

  • Job 39:5

    Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

  • Job 39:7

    He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

  • Micah 1:13

    O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.

  • Hosea 10:10-11

    It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows. And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

  • Job 1:14

    And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

  • Job 41:5

    Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5,7; 1:14; 41:5; Ps 129:3; Ho 10:10,11; Mic 1:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Job 39:9

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

  • Job 39:10

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

  • Job 39:11

    Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

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Job 39:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Búrlase de la multitud de la ciudad: no oye las voces del arriero.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Attacheras-tu le buffle par sa corde dans le sillon? Hersera-t-il les vallées après toi?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wirst du den Wildochs mit seinem Seile an die Furche binden, oder wird er hinter dir her die Talgründe eggen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid alligabis rhinocerota ad arandum loro tuo, aut confringet glebas vallium post te?