KJV King James Version
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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Job 39:10
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
WEB World English Bible
Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
ASV American Standard Version
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
Surrounding context — Job 39
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
8 The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.
9 Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
11 Wilt thou trust him, because his strength [is] great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
12 Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
13 [Gavest thou] the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich?
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Job 41:5Wilt thou play with him as [with] a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?Micah 1:13O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she [is] the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.Job 39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?Hosea 10:10-11[It is] in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.Job 39:7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.Psalm 129:3The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.Job 1:14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
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