9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
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God brought them out of Egypt; he hath as it were the strength of an unicorn.
But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.
His glory is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.
Save me from the lion's mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)God here shows Job what little acquaintance he had with the untamed creatures that run wild in the deserts and live at large, but are the care of the divine Providence. As, I. The wild goats and the hinds . That which is taken notice of concerning them is the bringing forth and bringing up of their young ones. For, as every individual is fed, so every species of animals is preserved, by the care o…
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