Job 39:11

Translations

Modern

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Traditional

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

Literal

Will you trust in him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor?

Latin

Numquid fiduciam habebis in magna fortitudine ejus, et derelinques ei labores tuos?

Original

Hebrew

English

Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

Notes

Job 39:9–12

The wild ox now no longer exists and was already rare by the time of Moses. It was the strongest land animal in early Canaan. They never tamed this Old Testament symbol of strength (Numbers 23:22; 24:8; Deuteronomy 33:17; Psalms 29:6; 92:10; compare Genesis 1:28; 9:2; Psalm 8:5–6).

Job 38:1–40:5

God challenges Job. Job admits he cannot judge the moral world. God shows Job's ignorance of the natural world's elements related to the realm of heaven, weather, animals, and birds (38:4–21; 22–38; 39–39:30).

Theme notes and profiles

Complaints God’s Uniqueness

Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.
Genesis 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”
Isaiah 31:1–3
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.
Psalm 147:10
He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
Isaiah 30:16
“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
Isaiah 30:6
This is the burden against the beasts of the Negev: Through a land of hardship and distress, of lioness and lion, of viper and flying serpent, they carry their wealth on the backs of donkeys and their treasures on the humps of camels, to a people of no profit to them.
Genesis 42:26
…and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.
Psalm 33:16–17
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.
Genesis 9:2
The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.
Proverbs 14:4
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
Psalm 144:14
Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.
Genesis 1:26
Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Glossary

Book of Job Power Proverbs, Book of Wild Ox Wisdom Literature

Topics

God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Wild Ox of Vast Strength Wild Ox: Great Strength of Wild Ox: Intractable

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