Job 39:5
3 They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4 Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
6 Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7 He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the 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
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Read in contextJob 11:12
For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.
Read in contextJob 6:5
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Read in contextPsalms 104:11
They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
Read in contextDaniel 5:21
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Read in contextGenesis 49:14
Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:
Read in contextJeremiah 14:6
And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
Read in contextGenesis 16:12
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
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