8 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 is unusual, the sense is understandable, and no changes, even slight ones, are absolutely necessary.
9 Heb “leave.”
10 The word is normally translated “believe” in the Bible. The idea is that of considering something dependable and acting on it. The idea of reliability is found also in the Niphal stem usages.
11 There is a textual problem here: יָשׁוּב (yashuv) is the Kethib, meaning “[that] he will return”; יָשִׁיב (yashiv) is the Qere, meaning “that he will bring in.” This is the preferred reading, since the object follows it. For commentators who think the line too unbalanced for this, the object is moved to the second colon, and the reading “returns” is taken for the first. But the is perfectly clear as it stands.
12 Heb “your seed”; this must be interpreted figuratively for what the seed produces.
13 Heb “gather it”; the referent (the grain) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
14 Simply, the has “and your threshing floor gather.” The “threshing floor” has to be an adverbial accusative of place.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Is the wild ox willing to serve you?

Will he spend the night at your manger?

Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes,

or will he harrow the valleys after you?

Will you depend on him because his strength is great,

and will you leave to him your labor?

Do you have faith in him that he will return your grain

and gather it to your threshing floor?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Will the wild ox consent to serve you?

Will it stay by your manger at night?

Can you hold it to the furrow with a harness?

Will it till the valleys behind you?

Will you rely on it for its great strength?

Will you leave your heavy work to it?

Can you trust it to haul in your grain

and bring it to your threshing floor?

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Would the wild ox be willing to serve you?

Would it spend the night by your feeding trough?

Can you hold the wild ox to a furrow by its harness?

Will it plow the valleys behind you?

Can you depend on it because its strength is great?

Would you leave it to do your hard work?

Can you trust the wild ox to harvest your grain

and bring it to your threshing floor?

NLTNew Living Translation

“Will the wild ox consent to being tamed?

Will it spend the night in your stall?

Can you hitch a wild ox to a plow?

Will it plow a field for you?

Given its strength, can you trust it?

Can you leave and trust the ox to do your work?

Can you rely on it to bring home your grain

and deliver it to your threshing floor?

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Is the wild ox willing to serve you,

or will he spend the night at your feeding trough?

Can you tie the wild ox with its rope to a furrow,

or will it harrow the valleys after you?

Can you trust it because its strength is great,

or will you hand your labor over to it?

Can you rely on it that it will return your grain

and that it will gather it to your threshing floor?

KJV 1900King James Version

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee,

Or abide by thy crib?

Canst thou bind the unicorn with his band in the furrow?

Or will he harrow the valleys after thee?

Wilt thou trust him, because his strength is great?

Or wilt thou leave thy labour to him?

Wilt thou believe him, that he will bring home thy seed,

And gather it into thy barn?

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