Job 39:10 BSB — MannaFest

Job 39:10

Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

BSB

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ASV

Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book XXXI (604)

Wilt thou bind the rhinoceros with thy band to plough? Or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee? 3. By 'crib' in this place, Holy Scripture itself is, not unfitly, understood; in which holy animals are fed with the food of the word. Of whom it is said by the Prophet; Thine animals will dwell therein. [Ps. 68, 10] Hence also our Lord, when born, was found by shepherds in a manger, because His Incarnation is learned in that Scripture of the Prophets, which refreshes us.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?.... Put the yoke and harness upon him, and fasten it to the plough to draw it, that he may make furrows with it in the field, or plough up the ground as the tame ox does? thou canst not; or will he harrow the valleys after thee? draw the harrow which is used after ploughing to break the clods, and make the land smooth and even? he will not: valleys are particularly mentioned, because arable land is usually in them; see Psa 65:13.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲֽתִקְשָׁר־	hatik.shor-	¿ will you bind	H7194 →
רֵ֭ים	reim	[the] wild ox	H7214 →
בְּתֶ֣לֶם	be.Te.lem	in a furrow	H8525 →
עֲבֹת֑וֹ	a.vo.To	rope its	H5688 →
אִם־	'im-	or?	H518 →
יְשַׂדֵּ֖ד	ye.sa.Ded	will it harrow	H7702 →
עֲמָקִ֣ים	'a.ma.Kim	valleys	H6010 →
אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃	'a.cha.Rei.kha	behind you	H310 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H7194hatikshor-¿ will you bind44×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 129:3
The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
leads to
- Isaiah 51:23
  I will place it in the hands of your tormentors, who told you: ‘Lie down, so we can walk over you,’ so that you made your back like the ground, like a street to…
- Psalms 141:7
  As when one plows and breaks up the soil, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.
Through
Job 39:5
Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
leads to
- Job 11:12
  But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
- Job 6:5
  Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
- Job 24:5
  Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
- Psalms 104:11
  They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Through
Micah 1:13
Harness your chariot horses, O dweller of Lachish. You were the beginning of sin to the Daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
leads to
- 2 Kings 18:17
  Nevertheless, the king of Assyria sent the Tartan, the Rabsaris, and the Rabshakeh, along with a great army, from Lachish to King Hezekiah at Jerusalem. They advanced up to Jerusalem and stationed themselves by…
- Joshua 10:3
  Therefore Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem sent word to Hoham king of Hebron, Piram king of Jarmuth, Japhia king of Lachish, and Debir king of Eglon, saying,

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job