Job 39:9

Unicorn — It is disputed whether this be the Rhinoceros; or a kind of wild bull.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Will the unicorn, &c.— See Numbers 24:8 . Schultens is of opinion, that the animal here mentioned is the Arabian buffaloe, of the bull speci...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 wh...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Unicorn] RV 'wild-ox.' The word 'unicorn' is based on the LXX translation, and is incorrect. The nearest extant representative of the wild ox is...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Knowest Thou?” “Canst Thou?” Job 39:1-30 The series of questions is continued, and God asks more especially with respect to animated and organ...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 streng...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 questi...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Vu...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 suffe...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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. Ind...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Man's Ignorance of the Animal Creation; Description of the Wild Goat, Hind, Wild Ass, and Unicorn....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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;...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 cans...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Will the unicorn; probably the oryx, a wild and powerful species of antelope found in the desert at that time, be willing to serve thee or abide by...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 33:17 ; Isaiah 1:3 ; Numbers 23:22 ; Psalms 22:21 ; Psalms 92:10

⁹ Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

Related Commentaries of Job 39:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 39:9