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Job 6:5

What does Job 6:5 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 6:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?

Context

v.4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, The poison whereof my spirit drinketh up: The terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

v.5This passage

v.6Can that which hath no savor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Jeremiah 14:6

    And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

  • Psalms 104:14

    He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

  • Joel 1:18

    How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

  • Psalms 42:1

    As the hart panteth after the water brooks, So panteth my soul after thee, O God.

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