Job 39:11 “Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to h…”

Job 39:11

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

He seeketh out the mountaine for his pasture, and searcheth after euery greene thing.

Darby Translation

Wilt thou put confidence in him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Young's Literal Translation

Dost thou trust in him because great [is] his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour?

Bible in Basic English

Will you put your faith in him, because his strength is great? will you give the fruit of your work into his care?

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Cross references

“trust”

Psalm 20:7 Psalm 147:10 Isaiah 30:16 Isaiah 31:1–3 Psalm 33:16 Psalm 33:17

Psalm 20:7 · BSB

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

Psalm 147:10 · BSB

He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.

Isaiah 30:16 · BSB

“No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.

Isaiah 31:1–3 · BSB

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 33:16 · BSB

No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength.

Psalm 33:17 · BSB

A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save.

“leave”

Genesis 1:26 Genesis 1:28 Genesis 9:2 Genesis 42:26 Psalm 144:14 Proverbs 14:4

Genesis 1:26 · BSB

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, after Our likeness, to rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it.”

Genesis 1:28 · BSB

God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth.”

Genesis 9:2 · BSB

The fear and dread of you will fall on every living creature on the earth, every bird of the air, every creature that crawls on the ground, and all the fish of the sea. They are delivered into your hand.

Genesis 42:26 · BSB

and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed.

Psalm 144:14 · BSB

Our oxen will bear great loads. There will be no breach in the walls, no going into captivity, and no cry of lament in our streets.

Proverbs 14:4 · BSB

Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

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