Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 39:9

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9. unicorn —PLINY [ Natural History, 8.21], mentions such an animal; its figure is found depicted in the ruins of Persepolis. The Hebrew reem conveys the idea of loftiness and power (compare Ramah; Indian, Ram; Latin, Roma ). The rhinoceros was perhaps the original type of the unicorn. The Arab rim is a two-horned animal. Sometimes "unicorn" or reem is a mere poetical symbol or abstraction; but the buffalo is the animal referred to here, from the contrast to the tame ox, used in ploughing ( Job 39:10 ; Job 39:12 ). abide —literally, "pass the night." crib — ( Job 39:12- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-10" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-job-39-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/job-39-9

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological