Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

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

New American Standard Bible

“Who sent out the wild donkey free?
And who loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

"Who sets the wild donkey free? Who loosens the bonds of the wild donkey

A Conservative Version

Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]?
And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],

Bible in Basic English

Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

Who sent the wild ass free? and who opened the bonds of the wild ass?

King James 2000

Who has let the wild donkey go free? or who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey?

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds,

Modern King James verseion

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

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Who letteth the wild ass go free, or who looseth the bonds of the mule?

NET Bible

Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

Who hath sent forth the Wild Ass free? And, the bands of the swift-runner, who hath loosed?

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
שׁלח 
Shalach 
Usage: 848

the wild ass
פּרה פּרא 
Pere' 
Usage: 10

חפשׁי 
Chophshiy 
Usage: 17

פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

the bands
מסרה מוסרה מוסר 
Mowcer 
Usage: 11

References

Easton

Ass

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Ass

Smith

Ass

Watsons

Ass

Context Readings

The Wild Donkey

4 Their offspring are healthy and grow up in the open field.
They leave and do not return.
5 Who set the wild donkey free?
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
6 I made the wilderness its home,
and the salty wasteland its dwelling.



Cross References

Job 6:5

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

Job 11:12

But a stupid man will gain understanding
as soon as a wild donkey is born a man!

Job 24:5

Like wild donkeys in the desert,
the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;
the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.

Psalm 104:11

They supply water for every wild beast;
the wild donkeys quench their thirst.

Genesis 16:12

This man will be like a wild donkey.
His hand will be against everyone,
and everyone’s hand will be against him;
he will live at odds with all his brothers.

Genesis 49:14

Issachar is a strong donkey
lying down between the saddlebags.

Isaiah 32:14

For the palace will be forsaken,
the busy city abandoned.
The hill and the watchtower will become
barren places forever,
the joy of wild donkeys,
and a pasture for flocks,

Jeremiah 2:24

a wild donkey at home in the wilderness.
She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire.
Who can control her passion?
All who look for her will not become tired;
they will find her in her mating season.

Jeremiah 14:6

Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights
panting for air like jackals.
Their eyes fail
because there are no green plants.

Daniel 5:21

He was driven away from people, his mind was like an animal’s, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with dew from the sky until he acknowledged that the Most High God is ruler over the kingdom of men and sets anyone He wants over it.

Hosea 8:9

For they have gone up to Assyria
like a wild donkey going off on its own.
Ephraim has paid for love.

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