Job 39:5
Who hath sent forth the Wild Ass free? And, the bands of the swift-runner, who hath loosed?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 become strong, they grow up in the open field, they go out, and return not unto them.
6Whose house I have made the waste plain, and his dwellings, the land of salt:
Cross References
Genesis 16:12But, he, will be a wild ass of a man, his hand, against every one, and every one’s hand against him—yet, in presence of all his brethren, shall he have his habitation.
Job 6:5Doth the wild ass bray over grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Job 24:5Lo! [as] wild asses in the wilderness, they go forth with their work, eager seekers for prey, the waste plain, yieldeth them food for their young;
Psalms 104:11They give drink, to every wild beast of the field, The wild asses do break their thirst.
Jeremiah 2:24A wild ass, taught of the desert, In the desire of her soul, she snuffeth the wind, In her occasion, who can turn her back? None who seek her, will weary themselves, In her month, they shall find her!
Daniel 5:21And, from among the sons of men, was he driven, and, his heart, to a wild beast’s, became equal, and, with the wild asses, was his dwelling, and, grass—like oxen, they suffered him to eat, and, with the dew of the heavens, his body, was drenched—until that he came to know that the Most High God, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, whomsoever he pleaseth, he setteth up over it.
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 →