Job 39:8

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Job 39:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

7 He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

8 He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.

9 Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?

10 Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 40:15

Look at Behemoth, which I made along with you. He feeds on grass like an ox.

Job 40:20

The hills yield him their produce, while all the beasts of the field play nearby.

Job 40:21

He lies under the lotus plants, hidden among the reeds of the marsh.

Job 40:22

The lotus plants conceal him in their shade; the willows of the brook surround him.

Genesis 1:29

Then God said, “Behold, I have given you every seed-bearing plant on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit contains seed. They will be yours for food.

Genesis 1:30

And to every beast of the earth and every bird of the air and every creature that crawls upon the earth—everything that has the breath of life in it—I have given every green plant for food.” And it was so.

Psalms 104:27

All creatures look to You to give them their food in due season.

Psalms 104:28

When You give it to them, they gather it up; when You open Your hand, they are satisfied with good things.

Psalms 145:15

The eyes of all look to You, and You give them their food in season.

Psalms 145:16

You open Your hand and satisfy the desire of every living thing.