Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Will you rely on it for its great strength? Will you leave your heavy work to it? New Living Translation Given its strength, can you trust it? Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work? English Standard Version Will you depend on him because his strength is great, and will you leave to him your labor? Berean Standard Bible Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him? King James Bible Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? New King James Version Will you trust him because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him? New American Standard Bible “Will you trust him because his strength is great, And leave your labor to him? NASB 1995 “Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him? NASB 1977 “Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him? Legacy Standard Bible Will you trust him because his power is great And leave your labor to him? Amplified Bible “Will you trust him because his strength is great And leave your labor to him? Christian Standard Bible Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work? Holman Christian Standard Bible Can you depend on it because its strength is great? Would you leave it to do your hard work? American Standard Version Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave to him thy labor? Contemporary English Version Can you depend on him to use his great strength and do your heavy work? English Revised Version Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave to him thy labour? GOD'S WORD® Translation Can you trust it just because it's so strong or leave your labor to it? Good News Translation Can you rely on his great strength and expect him to do your heavy work? International Standard Version Will you trust him because of his great strength and entrust your labor to him? Majority Standard Bible Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him? NET Bible Will you rely on it because its strength is great? Will you commit your labor to it? New Heart English Bible Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor? Webster's Bible Translation Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? or wilt thou leave thy labor to him? World English Bible Will you trust him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave to him your labor? Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionDo you trust in him because his power [is] great? And do you leave your labor to him? Young's Literal Translation Dost thou trust in him because great is his power? And dost thou leave unto him thy labour? Smith's Literal Translation Wilt thou trust in him because great his strength? and wilt thou leave to him thy labor? Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWilt thou have confidence in his great strength, and leave thy labours to him? Catholic Public Domain Version Will you put your faith in his great strength, and delegate your labors to him? New American Bible Will you depend on him for his great strength and leave to him the fruits of your toil? New Revised Standard Version Will you depend on it because its strength is great, and will you hand over your labor to it? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWill you have confidence in him, because his strength is great? Or will you leave your labor to him? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Do you trust upon him because his power is great, and do you leave your labors upon him? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great? Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him? Brenton Septuagint Translation And dost thou trust him, because his strength is great? and wilt thou commit thy works to him? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context God Speaks of His Creation…10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you? 11Can you rely on his great strength? Will you leave your hard work to him? 12Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?… Cross References Psalm 147:10 He does not delight in the strength of the horse; He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man. Isaiah 40:29-31 He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. / Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. / But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint. Jeremiah 17:5-8 This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. / He will be like a shrub in the desert; he will not see when prosperity comes. He will dwell in the parched places of the desert, in a salt land where no one lives. / But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him. ... Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; / in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight. Isaiah 31:1 Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help, who rely on horses, who trust in their abundance of chariots and in their multitude of horsemen. They do not look to the Holy One of Israel; they do not seek the LORD. Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots and others in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God. Psalm 33:16-17 No king is saved by his vast army; no warrior is delivered by his great strength. / A horse is a vain hope for salvation; even its great strength cannot save. Isaiah 30:15-16 For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence—but you were not willing.” / “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster. 2 Corinthians 12:9-10 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. / That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. Philippians 4:13 I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength. 1 Corinthians 1:25 For the foolishness of God is wiser than man’s wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than man’s strength. 2 Corinthians 3:5 Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God. Romans 8:31 What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? Ephesians 6:10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power. Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see. Treasury of Scripture Will you trust him, because his strength is great? or will you leave your labor to him? trust Psalm 20:7 Some trust in chariots, and some in horses: but we will remember the name of the LORD our God. Psalm 33:16,17 There is no king saved by the multitude of an host: a mighty man is not delivered by much strength… Psalm 147:10 He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. leave Genesis 1:26,28 And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth… Genesis 9:2 And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered. Genesis 42:26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. Jump to Previous Care Confidence Depend Faith Fruit Great Heavy Leave Power Rely Strength Trust Wilt WorkJump to Next Care Confidence Depend Faith Fruit Great Heavy Leave Power Rely Strength Trust Wilt WorkJob 39 1. Of the wild goats and hinds5. Of the wild donkey 9. The unicorn 13. The peacock, stork, and ostrich 19. The horse 26. The hawk 27. The eagle Will you rely The phrase "Will you rely" invites introspection about trust and dependence. In the Hebrew context, the word for "rely" often conveys a sense of leaning upon or trusting in something or someone for support. This is a call to examine where one's trust is placed. In the broader biblical narrative, reliance on God is a recurring theme, emphasizing faith and trust in His sovereignty and provision. The rhetorical question here challenges the reader to consider the reliability of human strength versus divine strength. on his great strength and leave your hard work to him? Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Can you relyהֲֽתִבְטַח־ (hă·ṯiḇ·ṭaḥ-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 982: To trust, be confident, sure on his בּ֭וֹ (bōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew great רַ֣ב (raḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7227: Much, many, great strength? כֹּח֑וֹ (kō·ḥōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species) Will you leave וְתַעֲזֹ֖ב (wə·ṯa·‘ă·zōḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit your hard work יְגִיעֶֽךָ׃ (yə·ḡî·‘e·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3018: Toil, a work, produce, property to him? אֵלָ֣יו (’ê·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to Links Job 39:11 NIVJob 39:11 NLT Job 39:11 ESV Job 39:11 NASB Job 39:11 KJV Job 39:11 BibleApps.com Job 39:11 Biblia Paralela Job 39:11 Chinese Bible Job 39:11 French Bible Job 39:11 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 39:11 Will you trust him because his strength (Jb) |