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Job 39:9–11

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Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?
Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?
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From verse 9

  1. Numbers 23:22Rank 1 from verse 9
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    22God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.

  2. Deuteronomy 33:17Rank 2 from verse 9
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    17His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

  3. Psalms 92:10Rank 3 from verse 9
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    10But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.

  4. Psalms 22:21Rank 4 from verse 9
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    21Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

  5. Isaiah 1:3Rank 5 from verse 9
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    3The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

From verse 10

  1. Hosea 10:10–11Rank 1 from verse 10
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    10It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.

    11And Ephraim is as an heifer that is taught, and loveth to tread out the corn; but I passed over upon her fair neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah shall plow, and Jacob shall break his clods.

  2. Job 1:14Rank 2 from verse 10
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    14And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:

  3. Job 39:5Rank 3 from verse 10
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    5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

  4. Job 39:7Rank 4 from verse 10
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    7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

  5. Job 41:5Rank 5 from verse 10
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    5Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?

From verse 11

  1. Genesis 1:26Rank 1 from verse 11
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    26¶ 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.

  2. Genesis 1:28Rank 2 from verse 11
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    28And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

  3. Genesis 42:26Rank 3 from verse 11
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    26And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

  4. Genesis 9:2Rank 4 from verse 11
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    2And 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.

  5. Isaiah 30:16Rank 5 from verse 11
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    16But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.

WORDS IN THIS PASSAGE

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DEFINED WORDS

Job 39:9

COMBINED MEANING

willing

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Disposed, ready, or consenting by choice; desiring or intending to do the stated thing.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

serve

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To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

abide

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1. To remain, stay, dwell, wait, or continue in a place, state, or relation. 2. To endure or withstand.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

DEFINED WORDS

Job 39:10

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

bind

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To tie together, or confine with a cord, or any thing that is flexible; to fasten as with a band, fillet or ligature.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

band

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Sense 1: A strip, fastening, or binding part. Sense 2: A company or organized body of people, especially soldiers. Sense 3: To unite or associate together for a common purpose.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Cawdrey 1604 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

harrow

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To draw a cultivating implement through furrowed ground so as to break, work, or level the soil.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

valleys

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Plural form of valley (low ground between hills or mountains, often watered by a stream).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Job 39:11

COMBINED MEANING

wilt

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Sense 1: Second-person singular present form of will: choosest, intendest, or art disposed to. Sense 2: As an auxiliary, marks future action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

trust

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Sense 1: Confidence or reliance placed in a person or thing. Sense 2: To rely upon, confide in, or place confidence in. Sense 3: Something committed to another's care or charge.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

strength

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Power, might, force, ability, firmness, courage, capacity, support, defence, resources, or that by which a person or thing is enabled to stand, act, endure, overcome, or accomplish a work.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

leave

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1. To depart, cease from, abandon, forsake, release, permit, entrust, bequeath, cause or allow to remain, omit, exclude, or not take. 2. As a noun, permission or liberty to act, including permission to depart.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

labour

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1. Work, toil, effort, exertion, service, or the product of work. 2. Weariness or trouble. 3. Travail in childbirth. 4. To work, strive, serve, or exert oneself.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

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

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10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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11Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

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12Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

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