KJV King James Version
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Job 39:9
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
WEB World English Bible
“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?
ASV American Standard Version
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?
Surrounding context — Job 39
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
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?
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Numbers 23:22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.Deuteronomy 33:17His glory [is like] the firstling of his bullock, and his horns [are like] the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they [are] the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they [are] the thousands of Manasseh.Psalm 92:10But my horn shalt thou exalt like [the horn of] an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.Psalm 22:21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: [but] Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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