Job 39:5
Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 to feed : they go forth, and return not to them.
6To whom I have given a house in the wilderness, and his dwellings in the barren land.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12He shall be a wild man: his hand will be against all men, and all men's hands against him: and he shall pitch his tents over against all his brethren.
Job 6:5Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger?
Job 24:5Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.
Psalms 104:11All the beasts of the field shall drink: the wild asses shall expect in their thirst.
Jeremiah 2:24A wild ass accustomed to the wilderness in the desire of his heart, snuffed up the wind of his love: none shall turn her away: all that seek her shall not fail: in her monthly filth they shall find her.
Daniel 5:21And he was driven out from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses, and he did eat grass like an ox, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven: till he knew that the most High ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he will set over it whomsoever it shall please him.
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 →