Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Can you tie [the] wild ox [with] its rope to a furrow, or will it harrow [the] valleys after you?
New American Standard Bible
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
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?
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?
Themes
Agriculture » Operations in » Harrowing
Agriculture or husbandry » Operations in » Harrowing
Cord » Ancient uses of » Hitching to cart or plough
Interlinear
`aboth
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 39:10
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Wild Ox
9 "Is [the] wild ox willing to serve you, or will he spend the night at your feeding trough? 10 Can you tie [the] wild ox [with] its rope to a furrow, or will it harrow [the] valleys after you? 11 Can you trust it because its strength [is] great, or will you hand your labor over to it?
Names
Cross References
Job 1:14
And a messenger came to Job and said, "The oxen were plowing, and the female donkeys were feeding {beside them}.
Job 39:5
"Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds,
Job 39:7
It scorns [the] city's turmoil; it does not hear [the] driver's shouts.
Job 41:5
Will you play with it as [with] birds and put it on a leash for your girls?
Psalm 129:3
On my back plowmen have plowed. They have made their furrows long."
Hosea 10:10-11
In my desire I will punish them; nations will be gathered against them when they are punished for {their double iniquities}.
Micah 1:13
Harness the chariot to the team of horses, O inhabitants of Lachish; it [is] the beginning of sin for the daughter of Zion, for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.