Job 39:5 “Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the h…”

Job 39:5

Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

World English Bible

“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

American Standard Version

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

Geneva Bible 1599

Canst thou nomber the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth?

Darby Translation

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

Young's Literal Translation

Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?

Bible in Basic English

Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?

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Cross references

“the wild”

Job 6:5 Job 11:12 Job 24:5 Psalm 104:11 Genesis 16:12 Isaiah 32:14

Job 6:5 · BSB

Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

Job 11:12 · BSB

But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!

Job 24:5 · BSB

Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

Psalm 104:11 · BSB

They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Genesis 16:12 · BSB

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.”

Isaiah 32:14 · BSB

For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—

“who hath loosed”

Genesis 49:14

Genesis 49:14 · BSB

Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.

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