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Job 39:9

Job 39:9
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee,.... Whether there is or ever was such a creature, as described under the name of an unicorn, is a question: it is thought the accounts of it are for the most…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee? - In the previous part of the argument, God had appealed to the lion, the raven, the goats of the rock, the hind, and the wild ass; and the idea was, that in…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee? - The "fine elegant animal like a horse, with one long rich curled horn growing out of his forehead," commonly called the unicorn, must be given up as…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 39:1-12

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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