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Verse Job 39:9. _WILL THE UNICORN BE WILLING TO SERVE THEE?_] The
"fine elegant animal like a horse, with one long rich curled horn
growing out of his forehead," commonly called the _unicorn_, must b...
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WILL THE UNICORN BE WILLING TO SERVE THEE? - In the previous part of
the argument, God had appealed to the lion, the raven, the goats of
the rock, the hind, and the wild ass; and the idea was, that in...
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CHAPTER S 38:39--39:30
_ 1. The beasts of prey (Job 38:39)_
2. The wild goats, the ass, the unicorn and the ostrich (Job 39:1)
3. The horse, the hawk and the eagle (Job 39:19)...
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The Wild ox....
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_will the unicorn_ Rather, THE WILD OX (Heb. _reém_, or, _rém_).
From the allusions to this creature in Scripture two things may be
inferred with some certainty, (1) that the animal had _two_horns:
De...
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Job 38:39 Ch. Job 39:30. The manifoldness of the Divine Mind as
displayed in the world of animal life
The instances chosen are the lion and the raven (Job 38:39); the wild
goats and the hinds (ch....
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WILL THE UNICORN, &C.— See Numbers 24:8. Schultens is of opinion,
that the animal here mentioned is the Arabian _buffaloe,_ of the bull
species, but absolutely untameable, and which the Arabians frequ...
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2. And of the animal world (Job 39:1, Job 40:2)
TEXT 39:1-30 to Job 40:2
39 KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING FORTH?
_Or_ canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
2 Canst...
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_WILL THE UNICORN BE WILLING TO SERVE THEE, OR ABIDE BY THY CRIB?_
Unicorn. Pliny ('Natural History,' 8:21) mentions such an animal: its
figure is found depicted in the ruins of Persepolis. The Hebre...
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39:9 buffalo (c-3) Or 'great gazelle.'...
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THE FIRST SPEECH OF THE ALMIGHTY (CONCLUDED)
Chs. Job 38:39 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation,
and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of
God. In view of...
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UNICORN] RV 'wild-ox.' The word 'unicorn' is based on the LXX
translation, and is incorrect. The nearest extant representative of
the wild ox is the bison, which still lingers in the forests of
Lithua...
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JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD
Job
_KEITH SIMONS_
Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible.
This commentary has been through Advanced Checking.
CHAPTER 39
GOD SPEAKS ABOUT BIRDS A...
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An ox is a strong animal. The ox was very useful on the farm. Job used
to own 1000 oxen (plural of ox) – Job 1:3.
But a wild ox would not help the farmer. It might wander into the
fields. But it woul...
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The animals in these verses are called goats, donkeys and oxen. (Oxen
is the plural of ox.) These animals are common animals on the farms in
many countries. On the farm, these are tame animals. But Go...
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THE UNICORN. — It is a mistake to identify this animal with the
rhinoceros, as was formerly done; it is more probably the same with
the buffalo, or wild ox. The most glaring form of the mistake is in...
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הֲ יֹ֣אבֶה רֵּ֣ים עָבְדֶ֑ךָ אִם
־יָ֝לִ֗ין עַל
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XXVIII.
THE RECONCILIATION
Job 38:1 - Job 42:6
THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained
in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job
makes submis...
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“KNOWEST THOU?” “CANST THOU?”
Job 39:1
The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially
with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1;
the wild ass, Job 39:5...
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And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and
birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding
of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameabl...
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Will the unicorn be willing to (g) serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
(g) Is it possible to make the unicorn tame? signifying that if man
cannot rule a creature, that it is much more impossible that h...
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_Rhinoceros. See Deuteronomy xxxiii. 17., and Numbers xxiii. 22.
Sanchez says they are untameable. (Menochius) --- But this is not
true, when they have been taken young. (Malvenda) (Calmet)_...
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(9) Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
(10) Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will
he harrow the valleys after thee? (11) Wilt thou trust him, b...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 38 THROUGH 42.
Jehovah then speaks, and addressing Job, carries on the subject. He
makes Job sensible of his nothingness. Job confesses himself to be
vile, an...
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WILL THE UNICORN BE WILLING TO SERVE THEE,.... Whether there is or
ever was such a creature, as described under the name of an unicorn,
is a question: it is thought the accounts of it are for the most...
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Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
Ver. 9. _Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee?_] The rhinoceros,
saith the Vulgate: but that is another kind of beast, so called...
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_Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee_ Canst thou tame him, and
bring him into subjection to thy command? Or, _abide by thy crib?_
Will he suffer himself to be tied, or confined there all night,...
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Will the unicorn; probably the oryx, a wild and powerful species of
antelope found in the desert at that time, BE WILLING TO SERVE THEE OR
ABIDE BY THY CRIB, readily domesticated?...
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V. 1. KNOWEST THOU THE TIME WHEN THE WILD GOATS OF THE ROCK BRING
FORTH, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the
mountains? OR CANST THOU MARK WHEN THE HINDS DO CALVE, noting the
travai...
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THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER
(vv.1-4)
The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least
aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than
aggressive, they are elusive. Did Job...
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This is the wild ox, not the tame or domesticated ox. "Extinct since
1627, this enormous animal was the most powerful of all hoofed beasts,
exceeded in size only by the hippopotamus and elephant. It w...
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It is much disputed among the learned, but is not needful to be known
by others, whether there be or ever was such a creature as we call the
unicorn; or whether this _reem_, which is the Hebrew name o...
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Job 39:9 ox H7214 willing H14 (H8799) serve H5647 (H8800) bed H3885
(H8799) manger H18
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CONTENTS: God's challenge to Job continued.
CHARACTERS: God, Job.
CONCLUSION: When we consider God's wonderful works in all nature about
us, and see how wonderfully even the brute creatures are fitt...
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Job 39:1. _The wild goat,_ on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible
celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She
hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws of...
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NOTES
Job 39:13. “_Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings
and feathers into the ostrich?_” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the
stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rendered....
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EXPOSITION
JOB 39:1
This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job
38:39. The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and
wild cattle are first noticed (Job 38:1); then...
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Do you know the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? can
you mark when the hinds calve? Can you number the months that they
fulfil? [Do you know how long their pregnancies are?] or do you...
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Deuteronomy 33:17; Isaiah 1:3; Numbers 23:22; Psalms 22:21; Psalms
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Unicorn — It is disputed whether this be the Rhinoceros; or a kind
of wild bull....