Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Can you bind the ox to plow a furrow with a rope? Will he harrow after you in the valley?
New American Standard Bible
Or will he harrow the valleys after you?
King James Version
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Holman Bible
Will it plow the valleys behind you?
A Conservative Version
Can thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
American Standard Version
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Amplified
“Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow?
Or will he plow the valleys for you?
Bible in Basic English
Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?
Darby Translation
Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Julia Smith Translation
Wilt thou bind the buffalo in the furrow with cords, or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
King James 2000
Can you bind the wild ox with ropes in the furrow? or will he plow the valleys behind you?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can you tie [the] wild ox [with] its rope to a furrow, or will it harrow [the] valleys after you?
Modern King James verseion
Can you tie the wild ox in the furrow with his rope? Or will he harrow the valleys for you?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Canst thou bind the yoke about him in thy furrows, to make him plow after thee in the valleys?
NET Bible
Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?
New Heart English Bible
Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
The Emphasized Bible
Canst thou bind the wild-ox, so that - with the ridge - shall run his cord? Or will he harrow the furrows after thee?
Webster
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
World English Bible
Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
Themes
Agriculture » Operations in » Harrowing
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Harrowing
Cord » Ancient uses of » Hitching to cart or plough
Interlinear
`aboth
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 39:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Wild Ox
9 Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he sleep at night near your feeding trough? 10 Can you bind the ox to plow a furrow with a rope? Will he harrow after you in the valley? 11 Will you trust him because of his great strength and entrust your labor to him?
Names
Cross References
Job 1:14
a messenger approached Job and said, "The oxen were plowing and the female donkeys were grazing nearby
Job 39:5
"Who sets the wild donkey free? Who loosens the bonds of the wild donkey
Job 39:7
He despises city noises; he ignores the shouts of the driver.
Job 41:5
"Will you play with him like a pet bird? Will you put a leash on him for your little girls?
Psalm 129:3
Wicked people ploughed over my back, creating long-lasting wounds."
Hosea 10:10-11
When I'm ready, I will chasten them; and the people will gather against them, to imprison them for their two unrighteous acts."
Micah 1:13
"You inhabitants of Lachish, harness your chariot to your swiftest steed the daughter of Zion has begun to sin because within you the transgressions of Israel were revealed.