Job 39:11
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?.... No; tame oxen are employed because they are strong to labour, Psa 144:14; and they are to be trusted, in ploughing or treading out the corn,…
Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Barnes' Notes
Wilt thou trust him? - As thou dost the ox. In the domestic animals great confidence is of necessity placed, and the reliance on the fidelity of the ox and the horse is not usually misplaced. The idea…
God here shows Job what little acquaintance he had with the untamed creatures that run wild in the deserts and live at large, but are the care of the divine Providence. As,
I. The wild goats and the…
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