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Job 6:5
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Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grassor an ox low over its fodder?
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?
A wild donkey does not bray when it has grass to eat, and an ox is quiet when it has feed.
"Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
"Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
"Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his feed?
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder?
Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?
Do oxen and wild donkeys cry out in distress unless they are hungry?
"Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass? Does an ox low when it has fodder?
Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?
Even a wild donkey does not complain when it has grass to eat. And a cow is quiet when it has food.
Does the wild ass bray over grass? Or does the ox low over the fodder?
A donkey is content when eating grass, and a cow is quiet when eating hay.
Does the wild ass bray over grass, or the ox bellow over its fodder?
Does the wild ass bray over tender grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Doth the wilde asse roare when he hath grasse? Or crieth the oxe, whe he hath fodder ynough?
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?
Doth the wild asse rore when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder [inough]
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe ouer his fodder?
What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder?
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass, Or does the ox low over its fodder?
Don't I have a right to complain? Don't wild donkeys bray when they find no grass, and oxen bellow when they have no food?
Does the wild donkey make noise when it has grass? Or does the bull make noise when it has food?
Does the wild ass bray over its grass, or the ox low over its fodder?
Doth the wild ass bray over grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger?
Does the wild ass bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?
Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?
"Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
when he hath grass: Heb. at grass, Psalms 104:14
loweth: Psalms 42:1, Jeremiah 14:6, Joel 1:18-20
Reciprocal: Job 11:12 - a wild Job 12:5 - of him Job 30:7 - brayed Job 39:5 - the wild
Cross-References
And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douytris,
And God seide, My spirit schal not dwelle in man with outen ende, for he is fleisch; and the daies of hym schulen be an hundrid and twenti yeer.
Sotheli giauntis weren on erthe in tho daies, forsothe aftir that the sones of God entriden to the douytris of men, and tho douytris gendriden; these weren myyti of the world and famouse men.
These ben the generaciouns of Noe. Noe was a iust man and perfit in hise generaciouns; Noe yede with God,
And of alle lyuynge beestis of al fleisch thou schalt brynge in to the schip tweyne and tweyne, of male kynde and female, that thei lyue with thee;
of briddis bi her kynde, and of werk beestis in her kynde, and of ech crepynge beeste of erthe, by her kynde; tweyne and tweyne of alle schulen entre with thee, that thei moun lyue.
Therfore thou schalt take with thee of alle metis that moun be etun, and thou schalt bere to gidre at thee, and tho schulen be as well to thee as to the beestis in to mete.
And the Lord sauerede the odour of swetnesse, and seide to hym, Y schal no more curse the erthe for men, for the wit and thouyt of mannus herte ben redi in to yuel fro yong wexynge age; therfor Y schal no more smyte ech lyuynge soule as Y dide;
Forsothe men of Sodom weren ful wickid, and synneris greetly bifore the Lord.
and whanne he hath herd the wordis of this ooth, he blesse hym silf in his herte, and seie, Pees schal be to me, and Y schal go in the schrewidnesse of myn herte; and lest the drunkun take the thirsti,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?] No, they neither of them do, when the one is in a good pasture, and the other has a sufficiency of provender; but when they are in want of food, the one will bray, and the other will low, which are tones peculiar to those creatures, and express their mournful complaints; wherefore Job suggests, that should he make no moan and complaint in his sorrowful circumstances, he should be more stupid and senseless than those brute creatures: and he may have some respect to the different circumstances of himself and his friends; he himself, when he was in prosperity, made no complaints, as the wild ass brays not, and the ox lows not, when they have both food enough; but now, being in distress, he could not but utter his sorrow and trouble, as those creatures when in lack of food; and this may serve as an answer to his different conduct now and formerly, objected to him, Job 4:3; and so his friends; they lived in great tranquillity and prosperity, as Aben Ezra observes, and roared and grieved not, which doubtless they would, were they in the same circumstances he was; though it became them, as things were, to have uttered words of condolence to their friend in distress, instead of sharp reproofs and hard censures.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? - On the habits of the wild ass, see the notes at Job 11:12. The meaning of Job here is, that he did not complain without reason; and this he illustrates by the fact that the wild animal that had a plentiful supply of food would be gentle and calm, and that when its bray was heard it was proof that it was suffering. So Job says that there was a reason for his complaining. He was suffering; and perhaps he means that his complaint was just as natural, and just as innocent, as the braying of the ass for its food. He should have remembered however, that he was endowed with reason, and that he was bound to evince a different spirit from the brute creation.
Or loweth the ox over his fodder? - That is, the ox is satisfied and uncomplaining when his needs are supplied. The fact that he lows is proof that he is in distress, or there is a reason for it. So Job says that his complaints were proof that he was in distress, and that there was a reason for his language of complaint.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Job 6:5. Doth the wild ass — פרא pere, translated onager, by the Vulgate, from the ονος αγριος of the Septuagint, which we properly enough, translate wild ass. It is the same with the tame ass; only in a wild state it grows to a larger size, is stronger, and more fleet. The meaning of Job appears to be this: You condemn me for complaining; do I complain without a cause? The wild ass will not bray, and the ox will not low, unless in want. If they have plenty of provender, they are silent. Were I at rest, at ease, and happy, I would not complain.
