Job 39:5
3 They crouch down and bring forth their young; they deliver their newborn.
4 Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.
Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
6 I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
7 He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?
- KJV
- Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
- WEB
- “Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
- ASV
- Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
- DARBY
- Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,
- BLB
- Who sent away the wild donkey free? And who opened the bonds of the swift donkey,
- ÅB
- Hvem har gitt villeslet dets frihet, hvem løste dets bånd,
- OTB
- Hvem satte villeselet fri?
Og hvem løste det raske eselet fra dets bånd, - B1930
- Hvem har gitt villeslet dets frihet, hvem løste dets bånd,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 24:5
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
Read in contextJob 11:12
But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
Read in contextJob 6:5
Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
Read in contextPsalms 104:11
They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Read in contextDaniel 5:21
He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.
Read in contextGenesis 49:14
Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
Read in contextJeremiah 14:6
Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
Read in contextGenesis 16:12
He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
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