Job 6:5

Doth the pereh (wild donkey) bray when he hath desheh? 1 Or loweth the ox over his fodder? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

In Context

4For the khitzim (arrows) of Shaddai are in me, 1 the poison whereof drinketh my ruach; 1 the terrors of Eloah do set themselves in array against me. 1

6Can that which is tasteless be eaten without melach? 1 Or is there any taste in the white of an egg? 1

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Cross References

Psalms 42:1(For the one directing, Maskil, for the Bnei Korach) 1

Jeremiah 14:6And the pera'im (wild donkeys) did stand on the bare heights, 1 they pant for ruach like jackals; 1 their eyes did fail, 1 because there was no esev (grass). 1

Matthew Henry on Job 6:2-8

Job's Reply to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 But Job answered and said, 2 Oh that my grief were thoroughly weighed, and my calamity laid in the balances together! 3 For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. 4 For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me. 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? 6 Can that which is unsavoury be eaten… Read the whole commentary →

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