Job 39:12

Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — God addresses Job, continuing His rhetorical interrogation about the working ox to contrast divine provision with human limitation.

The words — הֲתַאֲמִין (ha-ta'amin) means "will you trust," and יֶאֱסֹף (ye'esor) means "it will gather." The text asks whether a person can rely on the animal to harvest seed and collect it on a threshing floor.

The thread — The harvest motif appears in Nehemiah 13:15 regarding Sabbath grain transport and Amos 2:13 where God threatens to crush opponents like a cart full of grain.

Why it lands — The verse demands acknowledgment that agricultural labor and its yield depend on God-ordained animal strength, not human command.

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The Hebrew words

הֲתַאֲמִ֣יןha./ta.'a.Min¿/ will you trustבּ֭וֹb/oin/ itכִּי־ki-that יָשִׁ֣יבya.shuvit will bring back זַרְעֶ֑ךָzar.'E./khaseed/ your וְֽגָרְנְךָ֥ve./ga.re.ne./Khaand/ threshing floor/ your יֶאֱסֹֽף׃ye.'e.Sofit will gather

King James Version

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed, and gather it into thy barn?

Cross-references

Nehemiah 13:15 In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being brought into Jerusalem on the Sabbath day. So I warned them against selling food on that day.
Proverbs 3:16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
Amos 2:13 Behold, I am about to crush you in your place as with a cart full of grain.
Haggai 2:19 Is there still seed in the barn? The vine, the fig, the pomegranate, and the olive tree have not yet yielded fruit. But from this day on, I will bless you.”
Matthew 3:2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat into my barn.’”