Job 39:5
What does Job 39:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 39:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
KJV
King James Version · 1611Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 11:12
But vain man is void of understanding, Yea, man is born as a wild ass’s colt.
- Hosea 8:9
For they are gone up to Assyria, like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
- Job 24:5
Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wildernessyieldeththem bread for their children.
- Psalms 104:11
They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild asses quench their thirst.
- Daniel 5:21
and he was driven from the sons of men, and his heart was made like the beasts’, and his dwelling was with the wild asses; he was fed with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; until he knew that the Most High God ruleth in the kingdom of men, and that he setteth up over it whomsoever he will.
- Genesis 16:12
And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.
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