Job 39:5
Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
In Context
4Their young ones become strong. They grow up in the open field. They go forth, and return not again.
6whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling-place?
Cross References
Genesis 16:12And he will be a wild donkey among men, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brothers.
Job 6:5Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder?
Job 24:5Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness [yields] them bread for their sons.
Psalms 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field. The wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind in her desire. In her time of estrus who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month they shall find her.
Daniel 5:21and he was driven from the sons of men. And his heart was made like the beasts', and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys. He was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, until he knew that the Most
Matthew Henry on Job 39:2-13
Man's Ignorance of the Animal Creation; Description of the Wild Goat, Hind, Wild Ass, and Unicorn. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? 2 Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth? 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. 5… Read the whole commentary →