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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/39.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Can you trust it to haul in your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/39.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Can you rely on it to bring home your grain and deliver it to your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/39.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/39.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/39.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather <i>it into</i> thy barn?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/39.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Will you trust him to bring home your grain, And gather it to your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/39.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather <i>it from</i> your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/39.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/39.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Will you have faith in him that he will return your grain, And gather <i>it from</i> your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/39.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Will you believe him that he will return your seed <i>of grain</i> And gather <i>it from</i> your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/39.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Will you have faith <i>and</i> depend on him to return your grain And gather it from your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/39.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain and bring it to your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/39.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain and bring it to your threshing floor? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/39.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the grain of thy threshing-floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/39.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Can you trust him to harvest your grain or take it to your barn from the threshing place? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/39.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Wilt thou confide in him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather the corn of thy threshingfloor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/39.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Can you rely on it to bring your grain back and take it to your threshing floor? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/39.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Do you expect him to bring in your harvest and gather the grain from your threshing place? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/39.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Will you trust him that he'll bring in your grain, and gather it to your threshing floor?"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/39.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/39.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Can you count on it to bring in your grain, and gather the grain to your threshing floor? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/39.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Will you have faith in him, that he will bring in your grain, and gather it to your threshing floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/39.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/39.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Will you confide in him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather the grain of your threshing floor? <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/39.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Do you trust in him "" That he brings back your seed, "" And gathers [it to] your threshing-floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/39.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And to thy threshing-floor doth gather it?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/39.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Wilt thou believe in him that he will turn back thy seed and gather to thy threshing-floor?<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/39.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Wilt thou trust him that he will render thee the seed, and gather it into thy barnfloor? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/39.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/39.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Can you rely on him to bring in your grain and gather in the yield of your threshing floor? <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/39.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Do you have faith in it that it will return, and bring your grain to your threshing floor?<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/39.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Do you trust him, that he will winnow your threshing and gather your grain into the barn?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/39.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Do you trust him to thresh your granary and gather your seed?<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/39.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Wilt thou rely on him, that he will bring home thy seed, And gather the corn of thy threshing-floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/39.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And wilt thou believe that he will return to thee thy seed, and bring <i>it</i> in <i>to</i> thy threshing-floor?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/39-12.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=6150" 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">11</span>Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him? <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/539.htm" title="539: hă·ṯa·’ă·mîn (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To confirm, support. ">Can you trust</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">him</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: yå̄·šūḇ (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">bring in</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: zar·‘e·ḵā (N-msc:: 2ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">your grain</a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: ye·’ĕ·sōp̄ (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">and gather it</a> <a href="/hebrew/1637.htm" title="1637: wə·ḡā·rə·nə·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Threshing floor. From an unused root meaning to smooth; a threshing- floor; by analogy, any open area.">to your threshing floor?</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>The wings of the ostrich flap joyfully, but cannot match the pinions and feathers of the stork.…<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="/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="/psalms/147-9.htm">Psalm 147:9</a></span><br />He provides food for the animals, and for the young ravens when they call.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/27-26.htm">Proverbs 27:26-27</a></span><br />the lambs will provide you with clothing, and the goats with the price of a field. / You will have plenty of goats’ milk to feed you—food for your household and nourishment for your maidservants.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-23.htm">Isaiah 30:23</a></span><br />Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><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="/hosea/2-21.htm">Hosea 2:21-22</a></span><br />“On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth. / And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/2-22.htm">Joel 2:22</a></span><br />Do not be afraid, O beasts of the field, for the open pastures have turned green, the trees bear their fruit, and the fig tree and vine yield their best.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26</a></span><br />Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-29.htm">Matthew 10:29-31</a></span><br />Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father. / And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. / So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-24.htm">Luke 12:24</a></span><br />Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-27.htm">Luke 12:27-28</a></span><br />Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these. / If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!<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.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-19.htm">Romans 8:19-21</a></span><br />The creation waits in eager expectation for the revelation of the sons of God. / 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.<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="/2_corinthians/9-10.htm">2 Corinthians 9:10</a></span><br />Now He who supplies seed to the sower and bread for food will supply and multiply your store of seed and will increase the harvest of your righteousness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Will you believe him, that he will bring home your seed, and gather it into your barn?</p><p class="hdg">he</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/nehemiah/13-15.htm">Nehemiah 13:15</a></b></br> In those days saw I in Judah <i>some</i> treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sheaves, and lading asses; as also wine, grapes, and figs, and all <i>manner of</i> burdens, which they brought into Jerusalem on the sabbath day: and I testified <i>against them</i> in the day wherein they sold victuals.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/amos/2-13.htm">Amos 2:13</a></b></br> Behold, I am pressed under you, as a cart is pressed <i>that is</i> full of sheaves.</p><p class="hdg">gather</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/3-16.htm">Proverbs 3:16</a></b></br> Length of days <i>is</i> in her right hand; <i>and</i> in her left hand riches and honour.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/haggai/2-19.htm">Haggai 2:19</a></b></br> Is the seed yet in the barn? yea, as yet the vine, and the fig tree, and the pomegranate, and the olive tree, hath not brought forth: from this day will I bless <i>you</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/3-2.htm">Matthew 3:2</a></b></br> And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/luke/12-24.htm">Barn</a> <a href="/job/29-24.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/judges/16-15.htm">Confide</a> <a href="/job/39-4.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/job/5-26.htm">Crushing-Floor</a> <a href="/job/39-11.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/job/5-26.htm">Floor</a> <a href="/job/34-14.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/job/31-40.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/job/39-6.htm">Home</a> <a href="/job/39-11.htm">Rely</a> <a href="/job/31-8.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/job/5-26.htm">Threshing</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/18-9.htm">Threshing-Floor</a> <a href="/job/39-11.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/job/39-11.htm">Wilt</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/haggai/2-19.htm">Barn</a> <a href="/psalms/27-13.htm">Believe</a> <a href="/psalms/4-5.htm">Confide</a> <a href="/psalms/4-7.htm">Corn</a> <a href="/hosea/13-3.htm">Crushing-Floor</a> <a href="/psalms/4-5.htm">Faith</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-10.htm">Floor</a> <a href="/psalms/2-2.htm">Gather</a> <a href="/psalms/1-4.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/job/39-28.htm">Home</a> <a href="/psalms/37-5.htm">Rely</a> <a href="/psalms/7-14.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/job/41-30.htm">Threshing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-33.htm">Threshing-Floor</a> <a href="/psalms/2-12.htm">Trust</a> <a href="/job/40-8.htm">Wilt</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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/39.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/39.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Can you trust him to bring in your grain</b><br>This phrase challenges the reader to consider the reliability and strength of the wild ox, a creature mentioned earlier in the chapter. In the ancient Near Eastern context, agriculture was a central part of life, and the harvest was crucial for survival. Trusting an animal to bring in the grain implies a dependence on its strength and reliability. This reflects the broader theme of God's sovereignty and the limitations of human control over nature. The wild ox, or "re'em" in Hebrew, symbolizes untamed power, which humans cannot fully harness or trust, pointing to the need to rely on God rather than on human or animal strength. This can be connected to <a href="/proverbs/3-5.htm">Proverbs 3:5-6</a>, which emphasizes trusting in the Lord rather than one's own understanding.<p><b>and gather it to your threshing floor?</b><br>The threshing floor was a significant location in ancient agricultural societies, where grain was separated from chaff. It was often a communal space and sometimes had religious significance, as seen in the story of Ruth and Boaz (<a href="/ruth/3-6.htm">Ruth 3:6-14</a>) and the purchase of the threshing floor by David, which later became the site of the temple (<a href="/2_samuel/24-18.htm">2 Samuel 24:18-25</a>). The imagery of gathering grain to the threshing floor suggests a process of provision and preparation, but also of judgment and separation, as seen in <a href="/matthew/3-12.htm">Matthew 3:12</a>, where John the Baptist speaks of Jesus gathering the wheat into the barn and burning the chaff. This phrase underscores the idea that while humans can prepare and plan, ultimate provision and judgment belong to God.<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 and wisdom.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The Almighty 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 (Re'em)</a></b><br>A symbol of strength and untamed power, used by God to illustrate His control over creation and the limitations of human power.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Trust in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Just as Job is challenged to trust in God's control over creation, we are called to trust in His sovereignty over our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/human_limitations.htm">Human Limitations</a></b><br>Recognize our limitations in understanding and controlling the world, and submit to God's greater wisdom and power.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god_for_provision.htm">Dependence on God for Provision</a></b><br>Like the wild ox, which cannot be fully tamed or trusted by humans, we must rely on God to provide and gather our needs.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_in_unseen_outcomes.htm">Faith in Unseen Outcomes</a></b><br>Trusting God involves faith in outcomes we cannot see or control, much like trusting the wild ox to gather grain.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/humility_before_god.htm">Humility Before God</a></b><br>Acknowledge our place in creation and approach God with humility, recognizing His ultimate authority and wisdom.<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/what_does_proverbs_11_22_say_on_beauty.htm">Has Satan requested to test you like wheat?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_stop_sinful_body_actions.htm">What did Jesus mean by 'raise him up'?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_essence_of_divine_truth.htm">What does 'chaff' mean in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_91_contradict_job's_suffering.htm">In light of biblical accounts where the righteous do suffer (e.g., Job), does Psalm 91 contradict other Scriptures regarding God's protection?</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>(12) <span class= "bld">Wilt thou believe him?</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e.</span>, <span class= "ital">trust him, </span>as in the former verse "Wilt thou [trust" was, rather, <span class= "ital">Wilt thou feel confidence in him?</span><p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/39.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 12.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Wilt thou believe him</span> - rather, <span class="accented">Wilt thou confide in him</span> (<span class="accented">see</span> the Revised Version) - <span class="cmt_word">that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barns?</span> <span class="accented">i.e.</span> convey the harvest from the field to the homestead, that it may be safely lodged in thy barn. The "strength" of the urns (ver. 11) would make all such labours light to him, but his savage nature would render it impossible to use him for them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/39-12.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">Can you trust</span><br /><span class="heb">הֲתַאֲמִ֣ין</span> <span class="translit">(hă·ṯa·’ă·mîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_539.htm">Strong's 539: </a> </span><span class="str2">To confirm, support</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him</span><br /><span class="heb">בּ֭וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bring in</span><br /><span class="heb">יָשִׁ֣יב</span> <span class="translit">(yā·šîḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your grain</span><br /><span class="heb">זַרְעֶ֑ךָ</span> <span class="translit">(zar·‘e·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and gather it</span><br /><span class="heb">יֶאֱסֹֽף׃</span> <span class="translit">(ye·’ĕ·sōp̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to your threshing floor?</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽגָרְנְךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡā·rə·nə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1637.htm">Strong's 1637: </a> </span><span class="str2">A threshing-floor, open area</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/39-12.htm">Job 39:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/39-12.htm">Job 39:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/39-12.htm">Job 39:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/39-12.htm">Job 39:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/39-12.htm">Job 39:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/39-12.htm">Job 39:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/39-12.htm">Job 39:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/39-12.htm">Job 39:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/39-12.htm">Job 39:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/39-12.htm">Job 39:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/39-12.htm">OT Poetry: Job 39:12 Will you confide in him that he (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/39-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 39:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 39:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/39-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 39:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 39:13" /></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>