Job 39:5
Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds?
Catholic Public Domain 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 are weaned and go out to feed; they depart and do not return to them.
6I have given a house in solitude to him, and his tabernacle is in the salted land.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12He will be a wild man. His hand will be against all, and all hands will be against him. And he will pitch his tents away from the region of all his brothers.”
Job 6:5Will the wild ass bray when he has grass? Or will the ox bellow when he stands before a full manger?
Job 24:5Others, like wild asses in the desert, go forth to their work; by watching for prey, they obtain bread for their children.
Psalms 104:11saying: To you, I will give the land of Canaan, the allotment of your inheritance.
Jeremiah 2:24A wild donkey accustomed to solitude, out of the desire in his soul, caught the scent of his lover. Now nothing will turn him away from her. All those who seek her will not cease. But they will find her in her menstruation.
Daniel 5:21And he was expelled from the sons of men, and so his heart was placed with the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild donkeys, and he ate hay like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until he realized that the Most High holds power over the kingdom of men, and that whoever he wishes, he will set over it.
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 →