Job 6:5

Translations

Modern

Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

Traditional

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

Literal

Does the wild donkey bray over its grass? Or the ox bellow over its fodder?

Latin

Numquid rugiet onager cum habuerit herbam? aut mugiet bos cum ante præsepe plenum steterit?

Original

Hebrew

English

Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

Notes

Job 6:1–7:21

Job responds by criticizing his counselors and questioning God (chapters 6 and 7). He explains his intense words by indicating his deep "grief" or "anguish" (6:2–3; 7:11). Job states that Eliphaz has not provided comfort or sympathy as a friend. Instead, Eliphaz chose to argue about out of date religious or theological ideas.

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Events

Job's Trialc. 1650 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 14:6
Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
Psalm 104:14
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
Psalm 42:1
For the choirmaster. A Maskil of the sons of Korah. As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
Joel 1:18–20
How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

Glossary

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Topics

Afflictions and Adversities: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Beasts: Unclean: Wild Ass Donkey: Wild Grass: Cattle Fed Upon The Ox: Lowing of, Alluded To the Wild Donkey: Brays when Hungry

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