Job 39:10

Can you bind the wild ox ¹  to a furrow with its rope, will it till the valleys, following after you?

Job 1:14; Job 39:5,7; Job 41:5; Ps 129:3; Ho 10:10,11; Mic 1:13

¹ tn Some commentators think that the addition of the “wild ox” here is a copyist’s error, making the stich too long. They therefore delete it. Also, binding an animal to the furrow with ropes is unusual. So with a slight emendation Kissane came up with “Will you bind him with a halter of cord?” While the MT is unusual, the sense is understandable, and no changes, even slight ones, are absolutely necessary.