Job 39:11

New International Reader's Version

Will you depend on them for their great strength? Will you let them do your heavy work?

Cross References

Genesis 1:26

Then God said, “Let us make human beings so that they are like us. Let them rule over the fish in the seas and the birds in the sky. Let them rule over the livestock and all the wild animals. And let them rule over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

Genesis 1:28

God blessed them. He said to them, “Have children so that there will be many of you. Fill the earth and bring it under your control. Rule over the fish in the seas and the birds in the sky. Rule over every living creature that moves along the ground.”

Genesis 42:26

Then the brothers loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.

Genesis 9:2

All the land animals will be afraid of you. All the birds in the sky will be afraid of you. Every creature that moves along the ground will be afraid of you. So will every fish in the seas. Every living thing is put under your control.

Job 39:10

Can you keep them in straight rows with harnesses? Will they plow the valleys behind you?

Job 39:12

Can you trust them to haul in your grain? Will they bring it to your threshing floor?

Psalm 144:14

Our oxen will pull heavy loads. None of our city walls will be broken down. No one will be carried off as a prisoner. No cries of pain will be heard in our streets.

Psalm 147:10

He doesn’t take pleasure in the strength of horses. He doesn’t take delight in the strong legs of warriors.

Psalm 20:7

Some trust in chariots. Some trust in horses. But we trust in the Lord our God.

Proverbs 14:4

Where there are no oxen, the feed box is empty. But a strong ox brings in huge harvests.

Isaiah 30:16

You said, ‘No. We’ll escape on horses.’ So you will have to escape! You said, ‘We’ll ride off on fast horses.’ So those who chase you will use faster horses!

Isaiah 30:6

Here is a prophecy the Lord gave me about the animals in the Negev Desert. Judah’s messengers carry their riches on the backs of donkeys. They carry their treasures on the humps of camels. They travel through a land of danger and suffering. It’s a land filled with lions. Poisonous snakes are also there. The messengers travel to a nation that can’t do them any good.

Isaiah 46:1

The gods named Bel and Nebo are brought down in shame. The statues of them are being carried away on the backs of animals. They used to be carried around by the people who worshiped them. But now they’ve become a heavy load for tired animals.

Numbers 23:22

God brought them out of Egypt. They are as strong as a wild ox.