Catholic Public Domain Version
"Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you? "
— Job 39:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?”
“Canst thou bind the wild-ox with his band in the furrow? Or will he harrow the valleys after thee? ”
“Can you hold the wild ox in the furrow with his harness? Or will he till the valleys after you?”
“Can you bind the wild ox to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?”
“Canst thou bind the rhinoceros with thy thong to plough, or will he break the clods of the valleys after thee?”
“Will he be pulling your plough with cords, turning up the valleys after you?”
“Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee?”
He despises the crowded city; he does not pay attention to the bellow of the tax collector.
He looks around the mountains of his pasture, and he searches everywhere for green plants.
Will the rhinoceros be willing to serve you, and will he remain in your stall?
Can you detain the rhinoceros with your harness to plough for you, and will he loosen the soil of the furrows behind you?
Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him?
Will you trust him to return to you the seed, and to gather it on your drying floor?
The wing of the ostrich is like the wings of the heron, and of the hawk.