Job 39:11

The Wild Ox

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“Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow?
Or will he plow the valleys for you?
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“Will you trust him because his strength is great
And leave your labor to him?
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“Will you have faith and depend on him to return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

Job

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let Us (Father, Son, Holy Spirit) make man in Our image, according to Our likeness [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness]; and let them have complete authority over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the cattle, and over the entire earth, and over everything that creeps and crawls on the earth.”

Genesis 1:28

And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth.”

Genesis 9:2

The fear and the terror of you shall be [instinctive] in every animal of the land and in every bird of the air; and together with everything that moves on the ground, and with all the fish of the sea; they are given into your hand.

Genesis 42:26

They loaded their donkeys with grain and left from there.

Psalm 20:7

Some trust in chariots and some in horses,
But we will remember and trust in the name of the Lord our God.

Psalm 33:16-17

The king is not saved by the great size of his army;
A warrior is not rescued by his great strength.

Psalm 144:14

Let our cattle bear
Without mishap and without loss,
And let there be no outcry in our streets!

Psalm 147:10

He does not delight in the strength (military power) of the horse,
Nor does He take pleasure in the legs (strength) of a man.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
But much revenue [because of good crops] comes by the strength of the ox.

Isaiah 30:6

A [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning the beasts of the Negev (the South):

Through a land of trouble and anguish,
From where come lioness and lion, viper and [fiery] flying serpent,
They carry their riches on the shoulders of young donkeys
And their treasures on the humps of camels,
To a people (Egyptians) who cannot benefit them.

Isaiah 30:16

And you said, “No! We will flee on horses!”
Therefore you will flee [from your enemies]!
And [you said], “We will ride on swift horses!”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

Isaiah 31:1-3

Woe (judgment is coming) to those who go down to Egypt for help,
Who rely on horses
And trust in chariots because they are many,
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek and consult the Lord!

Isaiah 46:1

Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their idols are on the beasts [of burden] and on the cattle.
Your burdens [of idols] are loaded [on them],
Burdens on the weary animals.