“ Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? ”
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee? - In the previous part of the argument, God had appealed to the lion, the raven, the goats of the rock, the hind, and the wild ass; and the idea was, th...
Will the unicorn be willing to (g) serve thee, or abide by thy crib? (g) Is it possible to make the unicorn tame? signifying that if man cannot rule a creature, that it is much more impossible that...
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee? - The "fine elegant animal like a horse, with one long rich curled horn growing out of his...
Will the unicorn, &c.— See Numbers 24:8 . Schultens is of opinion, that the animal here mentioned is the Arabian buffaloe, of the bull species, but absolutely untameable, and which the Arabi...
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Unicorn. Pliny ('Natural History,' 8:21) mentions such an animal: its figure is found depicted in the ruins of Persepolis. The...
The First Speech of the Almighty (concluded) Chs. Job 38:39-41 and Job 38:39 depict the wonders of animate creation, and the instincts with which animals are gifted by the providence of God. I...
The unicorn. — It is a mistake to identify this animal with the rhinoceros, as was formerly done; it is more probably the same with the buffalo, or wild ox. The most glaring form of the mistake is...
XXVIII. THE RECONCILIATION Job 38:1 - Job 42:6 THE main argument of the address ascribed to the Almighty is contained in Chapter s 38 and 39 and in the opening verses of chapter 42. Job make...
“Knowest Thou?” “Canst Thou?” Job 39:1-30 The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organic nature. The wild goats, Job 39:1-4 ; the wild...
And still the unveiling goes forward: the mystery of the begetting and birth of lower animals, with the sorrows of travail, and the finding of strength; the freedom and wildness and splendid untameab...
(9) Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? (10) Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow? or will he harrow the valleys after thee? (11) Wilt thou trust him,...
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee ,.... Whether there is or ever was such a creature, as described under the name of an unicorn, is a question: it is thought the accounts of it are for the m...
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib? Ver. 9. Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee? ] The rhinoceros, saith the Vulgate: but that is another kind of beast, so calle...
Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee Canst thou tame him, and bring him into subjection to thy command? Or, abide by thy crib? Will he suffer himself to be tied, or confined there all night,...
THE WILD GOATS AND THE DEER (vv.1-4) The Lord now turns Job's attention to animals not in the least aggressive, the wild goats and the deer. Indeed, rather than aggressive, they are elusive. Did...
Man's Ignorance of the Animal Creation; Description of the Wild Goat, Hind, Wild Ass, and Unicorn. B. C. 1520....
It is much disputed among the learned, but is not needful to be known by others, whether there be or ever was such a creature as we call the unicorn; or whether this reem , which is the Hebrew name...
Notes Job 39:13 . “ Gatest thou the goodly wings unto the peacock, or wings and feathers into the ostrich? ” (MARGIN: “The feathers of the stork and ostrich.”) The whole verse very variously rend...
Job 39:1 . The wild goat, on the Arabian rocks, leaps with incredible celerity from rock to rock, and leaves the dogs and wolves behind. She hides her young in those retreats. They follow the laws...
EXPOSITION Job 39:1-18 This chapter completes the survey of animate nature begun at Job 38:39 . The habits and instincts of the wild goat, the wild ass, and wild cattle are first noticed (...
v. 1. Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth, their homes being on the rocks near the summits of the mountains? Or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve, noting the t...
Deuteronomy 33:17 ; Isaiah 1:3 ; Numbers 23:22 ; Psalms 22:21 ; Psalms 92:10
Unicorn — It is disputed whether this be the Rhinoceros; or a kind of wild bull.