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Job 39:9

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

KJV

Numquid volet rhinoceros servire tibi, aut morabitur ad præsepe tuum ?

Vulgate

βουλήσεται δέ σοι μονόκερως δουλεῦσαι, ἤ κοιμηθῆναι ἐπὶ φάτνης σου;

LXX

Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?

ASV

הֲ/יֹ֣אבֶה רֵּ֣ים עָבְדֶ֑/ךָ אִם יָ֝לִ֗ין עַל אֲבוּסֶֽ/ךָ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִם
'm
conjunction · 1065×
אֵב֣וּס
'bvs
noun · 3×
אָבָ֖ה
'bh
verb · 54×
יָלִ֣ין
ylyn
verb · 86×
ם
m
verb · 287×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
רְאֵ֖ם
r'm
noun · 9×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Deut 33:17 — His 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 Ep
  • Deut 33:17 — His 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 Ep
  • Isa 1:3 — The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
  • Num 23:22 — God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
  • Num 23:22 — God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
  • Ps 22:21 — Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
  • Ps 92:10 — But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.