Job had to be familiar with the animals on God’s list for the illustration to be effective. God points out in Job 39:9–12 that the unicorn, “whose strength is great,” is useless for agricultural work, ...

If you read some older English translations of the Bible, like the Catholic Douay-Rheims (pub. 1609) or the Protestant King James (pub. 1611) you come across some passages that seem a bit mysterious.

Of all the mythical beasts conjured up by the creative minds of history, few are as well known as the unicorn. With the body of a horse and a large horn in the middle of an elegant head, the unicorn ...