Job 39:10

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

ASV

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

LSV

Do you bind a wild ox in a furrow [with] his thick band? Does he harrow valleys after you?

YLT

Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow [with] his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?

DBY

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

DRC

Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee?

GNV39:13

Canst thou binde the vnicorne with his band to labour in the furrowe? or will he plowe the valleyes after thee?

JPS

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

LXXE

And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?

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WLC

הֲֽתִקְשָׁר־רֵ֭ים בְּתֶ֣לֶם עֲבֹת֑וֹ אִם־יְשַׂדֵּ֖ד עֲמָקִ֣ים אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃

LXX-Br

Δήσεις δὲ ἐν ἱμᾶσι ζυγὸν αὐτοῦ, ἢ ἑλκύσει σου αὔλακας ἐν πεδίῳ;

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.
• Job 39:7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
• Job 1:14a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
• Job 39:5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
• Job 41:5Can you pet him like a bird or put him on a leash for your maidens?
• Hosea 10:10–11I will chasten them when I please; nations will be gathered against them to put them in bondage for their double transgression. Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair…
• Psalms 129:3The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.

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