Bible verse
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
Job 39:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 39.
5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
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.
KJV
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
ASV
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
ERV
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? or will he abide by thy crib?
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