KJV King James Version
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
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Job 39:12
Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather [it into] thy barn?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
WEB World English Bible
Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor?
ASV American Standard Version
Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And to thy threshing-floor doth gather it?
Surrounding context — Job 39
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?
14 Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in dust,
15 And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
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Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.Matthew 3:2And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.Amos 2:13Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed [that is] full of sheaves.Proverbs 3:16Length of days [is] in her right hand; [and] in her left hand riches and honour.Haggai 2:19Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless [you].Nehemiah 13:15In those days saw I in Judah [some] treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all [manner of] burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified [against them] in the day wherein they sold victuals.
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