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Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?
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The Unbreakable Yoke
Commentators explain that God uses the familiar agricultural tasks of plowing furrows and harrowing valleys to make His point. He asks Job if he can force the powerful wild ox into the harness and yoke used for a tame ox. The obvious impossibility of this highlights the creature's untamable nature and wild freedom.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? — That is, with the common traces or cords which are employed in binding o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Can you bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow ? &c.] Put the yoke and harness upon him, and fasten it to the …
In these questions, the Lord continued to humble Job. In this chapter, several animals are spoken of whose nature or situation particularly shows t…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding section, the Lord brought to mind what relates to the cognitive power, speaking of the wisdom of humans and the intelligence of th…
