Job 39:9

Translations

Modern

Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

Traditional

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

Literal

Is the wild ox willing to serve you, or will he lodge by your manger?

Latin

Numquid volet rhinoceros servire tibi, aut morabitur ad præsepe tuum?

Original

Hebrew

English

Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

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

Numbers 23:22
God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.
Deuteronomy 33:17
His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”
Psalm 92:10
But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
Psalm 22:21
Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!
Isaiah 1:3
The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”

Glossary

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

Topics

Crib used for Grain God: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Wild Ox: Intractable Wild Ox: Intractable in Disposition

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