Job 39:5
And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? 1 And who loosed his bands? 1
Updated 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, 1 And the salt land his coverts. 1
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? 1 Or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has fodder? 1
Job 24:5And they have departed like asses in the field, 1 Having gone forth on my account according to their own order: 1 His bread is sweet to his little ones. 1
Psalms 104:11Saying, To thee will I give the land of Canaan, 1 The line of your inheritance: 1
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 →