Job 39:10

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow <FI>with<Fi> his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 39:10 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
  2. Job 1:14a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
  3. Job 39:5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
  4. Job 39:7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
  5. Job 41:5Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
  6. Psalms 129:3The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
  7. Hosea 10:10I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression.
  8. Micah 1:13Harness 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.

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