Job 39:5
And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?
Brenton Septuagint
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
6whereas I made his habitation the wilderness, and the salt land his coverts.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Job 6:5What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has fodder?
Job 24:5And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to his little ones.
Psalms 104:11saying, To thee will I give the land of Chanaan, the line of your inheritance:
Jeremiah 2:24she has extended her ways over the waters of the desert; she was hurried along by the lusts of her soul; she is given up to them, who will turn her back? none that seek her shall be weary; at the time of her humiliation they shall find her.
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 →