Can you bind the wild ox with ropes in the furrow? or will he plow the valleys behind you?
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the donkeys feeding beside them:
Will you trust him, because his strength is great? or will you leave your labor to him?
Who has let the wild donkey go free? or who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey?
He scorns the multitude of the city, neither regards he the shouts of the driver.
Will the wild ox be willing to serve you, or abide by your crib?
Will you play with him as with a bird? or will you leash him for your maidens?
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
O you inhabitant of Lachish, harness the chariot to the swift steeds: it is the beginning of sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in you.
God brought them out of Egypt; he has as it were the strength of a wild ox.