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Job 39:9

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

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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

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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

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39:8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

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

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39:10Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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