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The Untamable Animal
Commentators agree that this verse is a rhetorical question. God asks Job if he would trust the powerful but untamed wild ox (or 'unicorn') with the critical task of bringing in the harvest. The point is that its wild nature makes it completely unreliable for domestic farm work, unlike a tame ox.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 39:12
18th Century
Theologian
Will you believe him? - That is, will you trust him with the productions of the field? The idea is, that he was an untamed and unsubdued ani…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 39:12
19th Century
Bishop
Will you believe him? — that is, trust him, as in the former verse Will you [trust was, rather…
John Gill
On Job 39:12
17th Century
Pastor
Wilt thou believe him that he will bring home your seed ?
&c.] Draw in the cart, and bring home the ripe sheaves of …
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Matthew Henry
On Job 39:1–30
17th Century
Minister
In these questions, the Lord continued to humble Job. In this chapter, several animals are spoken of whose nature or situation particularly shows t…