Job 39:11
New International Version
Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it?

New Living Translation
Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?

English Standard Version
Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor?

Berean Standard Bible
Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

King James Bible
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

New King James Version
Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?

New American Standard Bible
“Will you trust him because his strength is great, And leave your labor to him?

NASB 1995
“Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him?

NASB 1977
“Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him?

Legacy Standard Bible
Will you trust him because his power is great And leave your labor to him?

Amplified Bible
“Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him?

Christian Standard Bible
Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work?

American Standard Version
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor?

Contemporary English Version
Can you depend on him to use his great strength and do your heavy work?

English Revised Version
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave to him thy labour?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Can you trust it just because it's so strong or leave your labor to it?

Good News Translation
Can you rely on his great strength and expect him to do your heavy work?

International Standard Version
Will you trust him because of his great strength and entrust your labor to him?

Majority Standard Bible
Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him?

NET Bible
Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it?

New Heart English Bible
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?

Webster's Bible Translation
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him?

World English Bible
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Do you trust in him because his power [is] great? And do you leave your labor to him?

Young's Literal Translation
Dost thou trust in him because great is his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?

Smith's Literal Translation
Wilt thou trust in him because great his strength? and wilt thou leave to him thy labor?
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Wilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him?

New American Bible
Will you depend on him for his great strength and leave to him the fruits of your toil?

New Revised Standard Version
Will you depend on it because its strength is great, and will you hand over your labor to it?
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Will you have confidence in him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him?

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Do you trust upon him because his power is great, and do you leave your labors upon him?
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
God Speaks of His Creation
10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you? 11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him? 12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?…

Cross References
Psalm 147:10
He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

Isaiah 40:29-31
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. / Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. / But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

Jeremiah 17:5-8
This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. / He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. / But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. ...

Proverbs 3:5-6
Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.

Isaiah 31:1
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD.

Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 33:16-17
No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. / A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

Isaiah 30:15-16
For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.” / “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

2 Corinthians 12:9-10
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Philippians 4:13
I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.

1 Corinthians 1:25
For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength.

2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

Ephesians 6:10
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.

Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.


Treasury of Scripture

Will you trust him, because his strength is great? or will you leave your labor to him?

trust

Psalm 20:7
Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God.

Psalm 33:16,17
There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength…

Psalm 147:10
He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man.

leave

Genesis 1:26,28
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth…

Genesis 9:2
And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.

Genesis 42:26
And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

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Job 39
1. Of the wild goats and hinds
5. Of the wild donkey
9. The unicorn
13. The peacock, stork, and ostrich
19. The horse
26. The hawk
27. The eagle














Will you rely
The phrase "Will you rely" invites introspection about trust and dependence. In the Hebrew context, the word for "rely" often conveys a sense of leaning upon or trusting in something or someone for support. This is a call to examine where one's trust is placed. In the broader biblical narrative, reliance on God is a recurring theme, emphasizing faith and trust in His sovereignty and provision. The rhetorical question here challenges the reader to consider the reliability of human strength versus divine strength.

on his great strength
The "great strength" refers to the immense power and capability of the creature being described, which in the context of Job 39, is the wild ox or a similar strong animal. The Hebrew word for strength often denotes might and power, attributes that are frequently ascribed to God Himself throughout Scripture. This comparison serves to highlight the futility of relying solely on earthly power when divine strength is infinitely greater. Historically, the wild ox was a symbol of untamed power, and its mention here underscores the limitations of human control over nature.

and leave your hard work to him?
The phrase "and leave your hard work to him?" suggests a transfer of responsibility or burden. In the Hebrew tradition, work is often seen as a partnership with God, where human effort is complemented by divine guidance and provision. The rhetorical nature of the question implies the absurdity of entrusting one's labor to a creature rather than to God. This serves as a reminder of the biblical principle that while humans are called to work diligently, ultimate reliance should be on God, who sustains and blesses the work of our hands.

Verse 11. - Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? If a man could bind the urns to his plough or to his harrow, still he could not "trust" him. The huge brute would be sure to prove unmanageable, and would only cause damage to his owner. Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? As thou leavest many labours to thy oxen, confiding in their docility.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Can you rely
הֲֽתִבְטַח־ (hă·ṯiḇ·ṭaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure

on his
בּ֭וֹ (bōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

great
רַ֣ב (raḇ)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 7227: Much, many, great

strength?
כֹּח֑וֹ (kō·ḥōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)

Will you leave
וְתַעֲזֹ֖ב (wə·ṯa·‘ă·zōḇ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit

your hard work
יְגִיעֶֽךָ׃ (yə·ḡî·‘e·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3018: Toil, a work, produce, property

to him?
אֵלָ֣יו (’ê·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to


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