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Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, And gather the grain of your threshing floor?
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
Will you believe him? — that is, trust him, as in the former verse Will you [trust was, rather…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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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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…
