Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee?
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?
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?
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 a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib? 10 Dost thou bind a Reem in a furrow with his thick band? Doth he harrow valleys after thee? 11 Dost thou trust in him because great is his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?
Names
Cross References
Job 1:14
And a messenger hath come in unto Job and saith, 'The oxen have been plowing, and the she-asses feeding by their sides,
Job 39:5
Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
Job 39:7
He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.
Job 41:5
Dost thou play with him as a bird? And dost thou bind him for thy damsels?
Psalm 129:3
Over my back have ploughers ploughed, They have made long their furrows.
Hosea 10:10-11
When I desire, then I do bind them, And gathered against them have peoples, When they bind themselves to their two iniquities.
Micah 1:13
Bind the chariot to a swift beast, O inhabitant of Lachish, The beginning of sin is she to the daughter of Zion, For in thee have been found the transgressions of Israel.