Job 39:12

Translations

Modern

Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

Traditional

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

Literal

Will you trust in him that he will bring back your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

Latin

Numquid credes illi quod sementem reddat tibi, et aream tuam congreget?

Original

Hebrew

English

Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

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

Matthew 3:2
…and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Matthew 13:30
Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”
Haggai 2:19
Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
Nehemiah 13:15
In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
Proverbs 3:16
Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Amos 2:13
Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.

Glossary

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

Topics

Barn: General Scriptures Concerning God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Wild Ox: Intractable Wild Ox: Intractable in Disposition

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