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Will it stay by your manger at night?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/39.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed? Will it spend the night in your stall?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/39.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he spend the night at your manger?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/39.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/39.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/39.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you? Will he bed by your manger?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/39.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Will the wild bull be willing to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your feeding trough?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/39.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/39.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Or will he spend the night at your manger?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/39.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Will the wild ox consent to serve you, Or will he spend the night at your manger?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/39.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, Or remain beside your manger at night?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/39.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Would the wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/39.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Would the wild ox be willing to serve you? Would it spend the night by your feeding trough? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/39.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/39.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Would a wild ox agree to live in your barn and labor for you? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/39.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? or will he abide by thy crib?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/39.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"Will the wild ox agree to serve you, or will it stay at night beside your feeding trough?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/39.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Will a wild ox work for you? Is he willing to spend the night in your stable? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/39.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will he sleep at night near your feeding trough?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/39.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/39.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Is the wild ox willing to be your servant? Will it spend the night at your feeding trough? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/39.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/39.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/39.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/39.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Is a wild ox willing to serve you? Does he lodge by your crib?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/39.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Is a Reem willing to serve thee? Doth he lodge by thy crib?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/39.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Will the buffalo be willing to serve thee, or will he lodge by thy stall?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/39.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Shall the rhinoceros be willing to serve thee, or will he stay at thy crib? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/39.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/39.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Will the wild ox consent to serve you, or pass the nights at your manger? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/39.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Is the wild ox willing to serve you? Will it spend the night at your crib?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/39.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or will he spend the night at your crib?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/39.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Does a wild bull consent to serve you, or does he spend the night at your stall?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/39.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Will the wild-ox be willing to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/39.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or to lie down at thy manger?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/39-9.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=6132" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/39.htm">God Speaks of His Creation</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing. <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7214.htm" title="7214: rēm (N-ms) -- A wild ox. Or rieym; or reym; or rem; from ra'am; a wild bull.">Will the wild ox</a> <a href="/hebrew/14.htm" title="14: hă·yō·ḇeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be willing, to consent. A primitive root; to breathe after, i.e. to be acquiescent.">consent</a> <a href="/hebrew/5647.htm" title="5647: ‘ā·ḇə·ḏe·ḵā (V-Qal-Inf:: 2ms) -- To work, serve. A primitive root; to work; by implication, to serve, till, enslave, etc.">to serve you?</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!"></a> <a href="/hebrew/3885.htm" title="3885: yā·lîn (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- Or liyn; a primitive root; to stop; by implication, to stay permanently; hence to be obstinate.">Will he stay</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">by</a> <a href="/hebrew/18.htm" title="18: ’ă·ḇū·se·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A crib, feeding trough. From 'abac; a manger or stall.">your manger at night?</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-20.htm">Isaiah 32:20</a></span><br />Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-14.htm">Psalm 104:14</a></span><br />He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Jeremiah 2:24</a></span><br />a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Hosea 8:9</a></span><br />For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22</a></span><br />God brought them out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Deuteronomy 33:17</a></span><br />His majesty is like a firstborn bull, and his horns are like those of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even to the ends of the earth. Such are the myriads of Ephraim, and such are the thousands of Manasseh.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-10.htm">Psalm 92:10</a></span><br />But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Isaiah 1:3</a></span><br />The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/22-21.htm">Psalm 22:21</a></span><br />Save me from the mouth of the lion; at the horns of the wild oxen You have answered me!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/29-6.htm">Psalm 29:6</a></span><br />He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, and Sirion like a young wild ox.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-9.htm">1 Corinthians 9:9-10</a></span><br />For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned? / Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-20.htm">Romans 8:20-22</a></span><br />For the creation was subjected to futility, not by its own will, but because of the One who subjected it, in hope / that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. / We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/2-6.htm">Hebrews 2:6-8</a></span><br />But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him? / You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honor / and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/3-7.htm">James 3:7</a></span><br />All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-17.htm">Acts 14:17</a></span><br />Yet He has not left Himself without testimony to His goodness: He gives you rain from heaven and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Will the unicorn be willing to serve you, or abide by your crib?</p><p class="hdg">the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/23-22.htm">Numbers 23:22</a></b></br> God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Deuteronomy 33:17</a></b></br> His glory <i>is like</i> the firstling of his bullock, and his horns <i>are like</i> the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they <i>are</i> the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they <i>are</i> the thousands of Manasseh.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-21.htm">Psalm 22:21</a></b></br> Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.</p><p class="hdg">or</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Isaiah 1:3</a></b></br> The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: <i>but</i> Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/38-40.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Buffalo</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-12.htm">Consent</a> <a href="/job/6-28.htm">Content</a> <a href="/isaiah/1-3.htm">Crib</a> <a href="/job/1-14.htm">Feeding</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-21.htm">Lodge</a> <a href="/luke/2-16.htm">Manger</a> <a href="/job/39-8.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/job/38-28.htm">Night</a> <a href="/job/31-32.htm">Night's</a> <a href="/job/24-3.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Reem</a> <a href="/job/38-19.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/job/31-13.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/job/36-11.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/job/36-11.htm">Spend</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-17.htm">Trough</a> <a href="/numbers/24-8.htm">Unicorn</a> <a href="/job/39-5.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Wild-Ox</a> <a href="/job/6-9.htm">Willing</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/15-1.htm">Abide</a> <a href="/job/39-10.htm">Buffalo</a> <a href="/psalms/83-5.htm">Consent</a> <a href="/proverbs/6-35.htm">Content</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-4.htm">Crib</a> <a href="/songs/4-5.htm">Feeding</a> <a href="/job/41-22.htm">Lodge</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-4.htm">Manger</a> <a href="/job/40-20.htm">Mountains</a> <a href="/job/39-28.htm">Night</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm">Night's</a> <a href="/job/39-10.htm">Ox</a> <a href="/job/39-10.htm">Reem</a> <a href="/job/39-27.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/job/41-4.htm">Servant</a> <a href="/psalms/2-11.htm">Serve</a> <a href="/psalms/25-13.htm">Spend</a> <a href="/luke/2-7.htm">Trough</a> <a href="/job/39-10.htm">Unicorn</a> <a href="/job/39-10.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/job/39-10.htm">Wild-Ox</a> <a href="/psalms/51-12.htm">Willing</a><div class="vheading2">Job 39</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/39-1.htm">Of the wild goats and hinds</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/39-5.htm">Of the wild donkey</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/39-9.htm">The unicorn</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/39-13.htm">The peacock, stork, and ostrich</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/39-19.htm">The horse</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/39-26.htm">The hawk</a></span><br><span class="reftext">27. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/39-27.htm">The eagle</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This creature symbolizes untamed strength and independence, highlighting the power and majesty of God's creation. In biblical context, the wild ox represents something beyond human control, emphasizing God's sovereignty over all creatures. This rhetorical question underscores the limitations of human power compared to God's omnipotence. The wild ox's refusal to serve man can be seen as a metaphor for the futility of human attempts to control or domesticate what God has made inherently wild. This theme is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/psalms/50-10.htm">Psalm 50:10-11</a>, where God claims ownership of all creatures.<p><b>Will he stay by your manger at night?</b><br>The imagery of a manger suggests a place of feeding and rest, typically associated with domesticated animals. The question implies that the wild ox, with its untamed nature, would not submit to such a setting. This highlights the distinction between domesticated animals, which serve human needs, and wild creatures, which remain under God's direct care and authority. The mention of "night" can symbolize vulnerability and the need for protection, further illustrating the wild ox's independence from human provision. This phrase can also be seen as a type of Christ, who, though sovereign and powerful, chose to humble Himself and be born in a manger (<a href="/luke/2-7.htm">Luke 2:7</a>), contrasting the wild ox's refusal to submit with Christ's willing submission to God's plan.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>A man of great faith and patience, who undergoes severe trials and questions God's justice.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Creator, who speaks to Job out of the whirlwind, challenging Job's understanding of divine wisdom and power.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wild_ox.htm">Wild Ox</a></b><br>A symbol of untamed strength and independence, representing creatures beyond human control.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/manger.htm">Manger</a></b><br>A feeding trough, symbolizing domestication and servitude.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/whirlwind.htm">Whirlwind</a></b><br>The medium through which God speaks to Job, signifying divine power and majesty.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_creation.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Creation</a></b><br>The wild ox, a creature of immense strength, cannot be tamed by human hands, illustrating God's ultimate control over all creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_limitations.htm">Human Limitations</a></b><br>The rhetorical questions posed to Job remind us of our limitations and the futility of trying to control or fully understand God's creation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_divine_wisdom.htm">Trust in Divine Wisdom</a></b><br>Just as Job is challenged to trust in God's wisdom, we are called to trust in God's plan, even when it is beyond our understanding.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_before_god.htm">Humility Before God</a></b><br>Recognizing our inability to control the wild ox should lead us to humility before God, acknowledging His greater wisdom and power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>The imagery of the manger suggests a place of provision and care, reminding us to depend on God for our needs rather than relying on our own strength.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_39.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 39</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_is_job_39_9's_'wild_ox'_explained.htm">In Job 39:9, the text mentions a “wild ox” (sometimes “unicorn”); how can this be reconciled with any known species or historical evidence? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_unicorns.htm">What does the Bible mention about unicorns?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_are_unicorns_in_the_kjv_bible.htm">Why does the Bible include mythical creatures like unicorns (King James Version)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_job_39_animals_fit_the_bible's_story.htm">Does the representation of these animals in Job 39 conflict with other biblical accounts of creation or does it harmonize with the broader biblical narrative?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/39.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(9) <span class= "bld">The unicorn.</span>--It is a mistake to identify this animal with the rhinoceros, as was formerly done; it is more probably the same with the buffalo, or wild ox. The most glaring form of the mistake is in <a href="/psalms/22-22.htm" title="I will declare your name to my brothers: in the middle of the congregation will I praise you.">Psalm 22:22</a> : "Thou hast heard me also from among the <span class= "ital">horns </span>of the <span class= "ital">unicorns" </span>The way in which the animal is here spoken of, as in analogous contrast to the domestic ox, suggests that it is not wholly dissimilar. It is familiar and homely toil that the wild ox is contemplated as being put to, in the place of tame cattle, whose work it is.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/39.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 9.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?</span> This is an unfortunate translation, since there is no word etymologicallly correspondent to "unicorn" in the original. The word used is <span class="accented">rem</span> or <span class="accented">reyrn</span>; and the <span class="accented">rem</span> is distinctly said in <a href="/deuteronomy/33-17.htm">Deuteronomy 33:17</a> to have "horns." All that is said of the rim in Scripture points to some species of wild cattle, and recent critics are almost universally agreed thus far at any rate. Assyrian investigation carries us a step further. It is found that the wild bull so often represented on the monuments as hunted by the Ninevite monarchs was known to the Assyrians by the name of <span class="accented">rimu</span> or <span class="accented">rim</span>. Careful examination of the sculptures has resulted in the identification of this animal with <span class="accented">Bee primi-genius</span> an extinct species, probably identical with the urns of the Romans, which Caesar saw in Gaul, and of which he has left a description. "These uri," he says, "are scarcely less than elephants in size, but in their nature, colour, and form are bulls. Great is their strength, and great their speed; nor do they spare man nor beast, when once they have caught sight of him. ... Even when they are young, they cannot be habituated to man and made tractable. The size and shape of their horns are very different from those of our own oxen" ('De Bell. Gall.,' 6:28). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/39-9.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Will the wild ox</span><br /><span class="heb">רֵּ֣ים‪‬</span> <span class="translit">(rêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7214.htm">Strong's 7214: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wild bull</span><br /><br /><span class="word">consent</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲיֹ֣אבֶה</span> <span class="translit">(hă·yō·ḇeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_14.htm">Strong's 14: </a> </span><span class="str2">To breathe after, to be acquiescent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to serve you?</span><br /><span class="heb">עָבְדֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·ḇə·ḏe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5647.htm">Strong's 5647: </a> </span><span class="str2">To work, to serve, till, enslave</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Will he stay</span><br /><span class="heb">יָ֝לִ֗ין</span> <span class="translit">(yā·lîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3885.htm">Strong's 3885: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your manger {at night}?</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲבוּסֶֽךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·ḇū·se·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_18.htm">Strong's 18: </a> </span><span class="str2">A crib, feeding trough</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/39-9.htm">Job 39:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/39-9.htm">OT Poetry: Job 39:9 Will the wild ox be content (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/39-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 39:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 39:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/39-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 39:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 39:10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>