The LORD Speaks of His Creation
Job 39:12
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
- KJV
- Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?
- WEB
- Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
- ASV
- Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?
- LSV
- Do you trust in him || That he brings back your seed, || And gathers [it to] your threshing-floor?
- YLT
- Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And [to] thy threshing-floor doth gather [it]?
- DBY
- Wilt thou trust him to bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy threshing-floor?
- DRC
- Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor?
- GNV39:15
- Wilt thou beleeue him, that he will bring home thy seede, and gather it vnto thy barne?
- JPS
- Wilt thou rely on him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather the corn of thy threshing-floor?
- LXXE
- And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring it in to thy threshing-floor?
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- Written (Ketiv): יָשׁוּב (“it will come back”). Read aloud (Qere): יָשִׁ֣יב (“it will bring back”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
- Leningrad Codex reads יָשִׁ֣וב; read aloud (Qere) reads יָשִׁ֣יב (“it will bring back”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- הֲתַאֲמִ֣ין בּ֭וֹ כִּי־ישוב זַרְעֶ֑ךָ וְֽגָרְנְךָ֥ יֶאֱסֹֽף׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.Read aloud as (qere): יָשִׁ֣יב
- LXX-Br
- Πιστεύσεις δὲ, ὅτι ἀποδώσει σοι τὸν σπόρον, εἰσοίσει δέ σου τὸν ἅλωνα;
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In the reference works topics that cite this verse
BarnUnicorn (Wild Ox, R. V.)UnicornEagleCondescension of GodWild OxReadings, SelectOmnipotenceJob, Book ofAnimals
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Cross-references most cited first
- Haggai 2:19Is 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 13:15In 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…
- Proverbs 3:16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- Matthew 13:30Let 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.’”
- Amos 2:13Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
- Matthew 3:2and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 39:12 in most Bibles