Job 39:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?”
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“Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?”
King James Version · Public Domain“Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 39:5 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 16:12He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
- Genesis 49:14Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
- Job 6:5Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
- Job 11:12But a witless man can no more become wise than the colt of a wild donkey can be born a man!
- Job 24:5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
- Job 39:10Can you hold him to the furrow with a harness? Will he plow the valleys behind you?
- Psalms 104:11They give drink to every beast of the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
- Isaiah 32:14For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever— the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—
- Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.
- Jeremiah 14:6Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
- Daniel 5:21He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.
- Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).