Job 39:5

In 11 translations

BSB

Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

KJV

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

WEB

“Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,

ASV

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,

LSV

Who has sent forth the wild donkey free? Indeed, who opened the bands of the wild donkey?

YLT

Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?

DBY

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,

DRC

Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds?

GNV39:8

Who hath set the wilde asse at libertie? or who hath loosed the bondes of the wilde asse?

JPS

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

LXXE

And who is he that sent forth the wild ass free? and who loosed his bands?

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Original-language editions

WLC

מִֽי־שִׁלַּ֣ח פֶּ֣רֶא חָפְשִׁ֑י וּמֹסְר֥וֹת עָ֝ר֗וֹד מִ֣י פִתֵּֽחַ׃

LXX-Br

Τίς δέ ἐστιν ὁ ἀφεὶς ὄνον ἄγριον ἐλεύθερον; δεσμοὺς δὲ αὐτοῦ τίς ἔλυσεν;

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• 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.
• 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—
• 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.”
• 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…
• Jeremiah 14:6Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
• Genesis 49:14Issachar is a strong donkey, lying down between the sheepfolds.
• 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.
• Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.

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