Job 39:11

The Wild Ox

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?
¹² “Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

Job

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; and let them rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over the cattle and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them; and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”

Genesis 9:2

The fear of you and the terror of you will be on every beast of the earth and on every bird of the sky; with everything that creeps on the ground, and all the fish of the sea, into your hand they are given.

Genesis 42:26

So they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed from there.

Psalm 20:7

Some boast in chariots and some in horses,
But we will boast in the name of the Lord, our God.

Psalm 33:16-17

The king is not saved by a mighty army;
A warrior is not delivered by great strength.

Psalm 144:14

Let our cattle bear
Without mishap and without loss,
Let there be no outcry in our streets!

Psalm 147:10

He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He does not take pleasure in the legs of a man.

Proverbs 14:4

Where no oxen are, the manger is clean,
But much revenue comes by the strength of the ox.

Isaiah 30:6

The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.
Through a land of distress and anguish,
From where come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,
They carry their riches on the backs of young donkeys
And their treasures on camels’ humps,
To a people who cannot profit them;

Isaiah 30:16

And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses,”
Therefore you shall flee!
“And we will ride on swift horses,”
Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.

Isaiah 31:1-3

Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help
And rely on horses,
And trust in chariots because they are many
And in horsemen because they are very strong,
But they do not look to the Holy One of Israel, nor seek the Lord!

Isaiah 46:1

Bel has bowed down, Nebo stoops over;
Their images are consigned to the beasts and the cattle.
The things that you carry are burdensome,
A load for the weary beast.