Job 39:10
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Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee?

Job 39:5,7 Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds? . . .

Job 1:14 There came a messenger to Job, and said: The oxen were ploughing, and the asses feeding beside them,

Job 41:5 Shalt thou play with him as with a bird, or tie him up for thy handmaids?

Psalm 129:3 The wicked have wrought upon my back: they have lengthened their iniquity.

Hosea 10:10,11 According to my desire, I will chastise them: and the nations shall be gathered together against them, when they shall be chastised for their two iniquities. . . .

Micah 1:13 For she is become weak unto good that dwelleth in bitterness: for evil is come down from the Lord into the gate of Jerusalem.

Context
God Speaks of His Creation
9Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib? 10Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee?11Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him?…
Cross References
Numbers 23:22
God hath brought him out of Egypt, whose strength is like to the rhinoceros.

Job 39:9
Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib?

Job 39:11
Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him?

Lexicon
Can you hold
הֲ‍ֽתִקְשָׁר־ (hăṯiq·šār-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7194: To tie, gird, confine, compact, in love, league

[him]
רֵ֭ים (rêm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7214: A wild bull

to the furrow
בְּתֶ֣לֶם (bə·ṯe·lem)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8525: A bank, terrace

with a harness?
עֲבֹת֑וֹ (‘ă·ḇō·ṯōw)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5688: Something intwined, a string, wreath, foliage

Will he plow
יְשַׂדֵּ֖ד (yə·śad·dêḏ)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7702: To abrade, harrow a, field

the valleys
עֲמָקִ֣ים (‘ă·mā·qîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6010: A vale

behind you?
אַחֲרֶֽיךָ׃ (’a·ḥă·re·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 310: The hind or following part


Additional Translations
Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?Can you bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after you?

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

And wilt thou bind his yoke with thongs, or will he plough furrows for thee in the plain?

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

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

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

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

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