Job 39:5
Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass,
Noyes Bible
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 ones are strong; they grow up in the fields; They go away, and return not to them.
6To whom I have given the wilderness for his house, And the barren land for his dwelling-place?
Cross References
Job 6:5Doth the wild ass bray in the midst of grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Job 24:5Behold, like wild asses of the desert, they go forth to their work; They search for prey; The wilderness supplieth them food for their children.
Psalms 104:11They give drink to all the beasts of the forest; In them the wild asses quench their thirst.
Jeremiah 2:24A wild ass, used to the wilderness, That in her desire snuffeth up the wind, In her occasion, who can turn her aside? All that seek her do not weary themselves; In her month they will find her.
Daniel 5:21And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart became like the beasts, and his dwelling was with wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the Most High God ruled in the kingdoms of men, and set up over them whomsoever he would.
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 →