Job 39:5
Who let the wild donkey go free? 1 Who has untied the bonds of the swift donkey, 1
Unlocked Literal 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
6whose home I have made in the Arabah, 1 his house in the salt land? 1
Cross References
Genesis 16:12He will be a wild donkey of a man. 1 He will be hostile against every man, 1 and every man will be hostile to him, 1 and he will live apart from all his brothers.”
Job 6:5Does the wild donkey bray in despair when he has grass? 1 Or does the ox low in hunger when it has fodder? 1
Job 24:5See, these poor people go out to their work 1 like wild donkeys in the wilderness, looking carefully for food; 1 perhaps the Arabah will provide them food for their children. 1
Psalms 104:11They supply water for all the animals of the field; 1 the wild donkeys quench their thirst. 1
Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind! 1 Who can restrain her lust? None of the males need wear themselves out pursuing her; at mating time they will find her. 1
Daniel 5:21He was driven away from humanity, he had the mind of an animal, and he lived with the wild donkeys. He ate grass like an ox. His body was wet with the dew from the heavens until he learned that the Most High God rules over the kingdoms of people and that he sets over them anyone he wishes.
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 →