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Job 39:11 Cross-References
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“Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?”
Job 39:11 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 39:11
"Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?" The wild ox's great strength makes it seem perfect for labor, yet it remains unreliable for human purposes. The verb batach (בָּטַח, "trust") highlights the issue—power without controllability isn't useful. This teaches that strength apart from submission to proper authority becomes dangerous or useless. Spiritually, this anticipates that human ability must be surrendered to divine purposes to become truly useful.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 39:11
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“He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.”
“and no going away”
“of the lioness and the lion”
“Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.”
“and on every bird of the sky. Everything that the ground teems with”
“Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
“There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength.”
“and departed from there.”
“the crib is clean”
“and rely on horses”