The Pulpit Commentary on Job 39:11

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? If a man could bind the urns to his plough or to his harrow, still he could not "trust" him. The huge brute would be sure to prove unmanageable, and would only cause damage to his owner.

Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? As thou leavest many labours to thy oxen, confiding in their docility.

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