Job 39 · Verse 12

Job 39:12

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
Job 39:12, King James Version

Job 39:12 in other translations

BSBCan you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
WEBWill you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
ASVWilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?
YLTDost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And to thy threshing-floor doth gather it?
DARBYWilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?
BBEWill you be looking for him to come back, and get in your seed to the crushing-floor?
WebsterWilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

What does Job 39:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
12. believe--trust. seed--produce (1Sa 8:15). into thy barn--rather, "gather (the contents of) thy threshing-floor" [Maurer]; the corn threshed on it.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 That he will bring home thy seed - Thou canst make no domestic nor agricultural use of him.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Job 39:12 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.

הֲתַאֲמִ֣יןha.ta.'a.Min¿ will you trustH539
בּ֭וֹboin it
כִּי\־ki-thatH3588
יָשִׁ֣יבya.shuvit will bring backH7725
זַרְעֶ֑ךָzar.'E.khaseed yourH2233
וְֽגָרְנְךָ֥ve.ga.re.ne.Khaand threshing floor yourH1637
יֶאֱסֹֽף\׃ye.'e.Sofit will gatherH622

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

Cross references for Job 39:12

  • Haggai 2:19

    Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless you.

  • Amos 2:13

    Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed that is full of sheaves.

  • Matthew 3:2

    And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

  • Nehemiah 13:15

    In those days saw I in Judah some treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all manner of burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified against them in the day wherein they sold victuals.

  • Proverbs 3:16

    Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

  • Matthew 13:30

    Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he.
Ne 13:15; Am 2:13
gather.
Pr 3:16; Hag 2:19; Mt 3:2; 13:30

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

Context

  • Job 39:11

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

  • Job 39:12

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

  • Job 39:13

    Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?

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Job 39:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		¿Querrá el unicornio servirte á ti, ni quedar á tu pesebre?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Te fieras-tu à lui pour rentrer ce que tu as semé, et rassemblera-t-il le blé dans ton aire?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Wirst du auf ihn dich verlassen, daß er deine Saat heimbringe, und daß er das Getreide deiner Tenne einscheuere?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Numquid credes illi quod sementem reddat tibi, et aream tuam congreget?