Job 6:5

Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

In Context

4For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

6Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?

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Cross References

Psalms 42:1To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.

Jeremiah 14:6And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.

Matthew Henry on Job 6:2-8

Job's Reply to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten… Read the whole commentary →

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