Bible verse
Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
Job 39:10 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 39.
6 I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7 He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
8 He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
9 Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
10 Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
11 Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?
12 Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?
13 The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.
14 For she leaves her eggs on the ground and lets them warm in the sand.
KJV
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
ASV
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
ERV
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
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