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10 Can you bind the wild ox[a] to a furrow with its rope,
will it till the valleys, following after you?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:10 tn Some commentators think that the addition of the “wild ox” here is a copyist’s error, making the stich too long. They therefore delete it. Also, binding an animal to the furrow with ropes is unusual. So with a slight emendation Kissane came up with “Will you bind him with a halter of cord?” While the MT is unusual, the sense is understandable, and no changes, even slight ones, are absolutely necessary.

10 Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

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