Job 39:10
Old Testament • 8 words with Strong's data
"Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָכֹל
yâkôl
to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might)
אָסַר
ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
רְאֵם
rᵉʼêm
a wild bull (from its conspicuousness)
אֱסוּר
ʼĕçûwr
{a bond (especially manacles of a prisoner)}
אַחַר
ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Key Terms in This Verse
אָסַר ʼâçar
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
Study H631 →אַחַר ʼachar
properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
Study H310 →Cross References
The plowers plowed upon my back: they made long their furrows.
O thou inhabitant of Lachish, bind the chariot to the swift beast: she is the beginning of the sin to the daughter of Zion: for the transgressions of Israel were found in thee.
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?
And there came a messenger unto Job, and said, The oxen were plowing, and the asses feeding beside them:
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