Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes,
Or will he harrow the valleys after you?

King James Version

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Holman Bible

Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness?
Will it plow the valleys behind you?

International Standard Version

Can you bind the ox to plow a furrow with a rope? Will he harrow after you in the valley?

A Conservative Version

Can thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

American Standard Version

Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Amplified


“Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow?
Or will he plow the valleys for you?

Bible in Basic English

Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?

Darby Translation

Canst thou bind the buffalo with his cord in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Julia Smith Translation

Wilt thou bind the buffalo in the furrow with cords, or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

King James 2000

Can you bind the wild ox with ropes in the furrow? or will he plow the valleys behind you?

Lexham Expanded Bible

Can you tie [the] wild ox [with] its rope to a furrow, or will it harrow [the] valleys after you?

Modern King James verseion

Can you tie the wild ox in the furrow with his rope? Or will he harrow the valleys for you?

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Canst thou bind the yoke about him in thy furrows, to make him plow after thee in the valleys?

NET Bible

Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?

New Heart English Bible

Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

The Emphasized Bible

Canst thou bind the wild-ox, so that - with the ridge - shall run his cord? Or will he harrow the furrows after thee?

Webster

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

World English Bible

Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?

Youngs Literal Translation

Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Canst thou bind
קשׁר 
Qashar 
Usage: 44

the unicorn
רם רים ראים ראם 
R@'em 
Usage: 9

with his band
עבתה עבות עבת 
`aboth 
Usage: 24

in the furrow
תּלם 
Telem 
Usage: 5

or will he harrow
שׂדד 
Sadad 
Usage: 3

the valleys
עמק 
`emeq 
Usage: 69

אחר 
'achar 
Usage: 488

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Watsons

Context Readings

The Wild Ox

9 “Will the wild ox consent to serve you,
Or will he spend the night at your manger?
10 “Can you bind the wild ox in a furrow with ropes,
Or will he harrow the valleys after you?
11 “Will you trust him because his strength is great
And leave your labor to him?



Cross References

Job 1:14

a messenger came to Job and said, “The oxen were plowing and the donkeys feeding beside them,

Job 39:5

“Who sent out the wild donkey free?
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

Job 39:7

“He scorns the tumult of the city,
The shoutings of the driver he does not hear.

Job 41:5

“Will you play with him as with a bird,
Or will you bind him for your maidens?

Psalm 129:3

“The plowers plowed upon my back;
They lengthened their furrows.”

Hosea 10:10-11

When it is My desire, I will chastise them;
And the peoples will be gathered against them
When they are bound for their double guilt.

Micah 1:13

Harness the chariot to the team of horses,
O inhabitant of Lachish—
She was the beginning of sin
To the daughter of Zion—
Because in you were found
The rebellious acts of Israel.

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