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What is a "Unicorn"?
Commentators note that the Hebrew word translated "unicorn" almost certainly refers to a real, powerful animal. While its exact identity is debated—with scholars suggesting the wild ox, buffalo, or rhinoceros—the key characteristic is its immense, untamable strength that humans cannot harness for service.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 39:9
18th Century
Theologian
Will the unicorn be willing to serve you? - In the previous part of the argument, God had appealed to the lion, the raven, the goats of the …
Charles Ellicott
On Job 39:9
19th Century
Bishop
The unicorn. —It is a mistake to identify this animal with the rhinoceros, as was formerly done; it is more probably the same as t…
John Gill
On Job 39:9
17th Century
Pastor
Will the unicorn be willing to serve you
Whether there is or ever was such a creature, as described under the name o…
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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…