Job 39:10
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 39 connects to 8 cross-references. God continues his interrogation with questions about wild animals: Who gave the wild donkey its freedom? Do Job's commands send the hawk soaring? The divine questions demonstrate that the wild, untamed creation operates according to wisdom entirely beyond human comprehension …
Other Translations
Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow <FI>with<Fi> his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?
Cross References
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to …
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over …
It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they …