Job 39:5

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

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

— WEB

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

— KJV

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

— ASV

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Commentary

wild ass--Two different Hebrew words are here used for the same animal, "the ass of the woods" and "the wild ass." (See on Job 6:5; Job 11:12; Job 24:5; and Jer 2:24). loosed the bands--given its liberty to. Man can rob animals of freedom, but not, as God, give freedom, combined with subordination to fixed laws.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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