Job 39:9
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?"
Word-by-Word Analysis
רְאֵם
rᵉʼêm
a wild bull (from its conspicuousness)
אָבָה
ʼâbâh
to breathe after, i.e. (figuratively) to be acquiescent
עָבַד
ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Key Terms in This Verse
יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →עָבַד ʻâbad
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Study H5647 →Cross References
God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
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...
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
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