Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds,
New American Standard Bible
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?
Holman Bible
Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
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?
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
Shalach
Pathach
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 39:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Wild Donkey
4 Their young ones grow strong; they grow up in the open; they go forth and do not return to them. 5 "Who has sent forth [the] wild ass free? And who has released [the] wild donkey's bonds, 6 [to] which I have given [the] wilderness [as] its house and [the] salt flat [as] its dwelling place?
Names
Cross References
Job 6:5
Does [the] wild ass bray over grass, or [the] ox bellow over its fodder?
Job 11:12
But {an empty-headed person} will get understanding when a wild donkey's colt is born [as] a human being.
Job 24:5
"Look, [like] wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor [as] searchers for the prey; [the] wilderness [is] {their} food for the young.
Psalm 104:11
They give drink for every beast of [the] field. [The] wild donkeys {quench} their thirst.
Genesis 16:12
And he shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand [will be] against everyone, and the hand of everyone [will be] against him, and he will live {in hostility with all his brothers}."
Genesis 49:14
Issachar [is] a strong donkey, crouching between the sheepfolds.
Isaiah 32:14
For [the] palace will be forsaken, [the] {crowded city} deserted; [the] hill and [the] watchtower will become a cave forever, [the] joy of wild asses, a pasture {for} flocks.
Jeremiah 2:24
A wild ass accustomed to [the] desert, in the desire of her soul. She gasps [for] wind [in] her rutting time. Who can quell her [lust]? All [those who] seek her will not grow weary, in her month they will find her.
Jeremiah 14:6
And wild asses stand on [the] barren heights, they gasp [for] breath like the jackals. Their eyes fail because there is no vegetation."
Daniel 5:21
And he was driven away {from human society} and his mind was made like the animals and his dwelling [was] with the wild asses; [and] {he was given} grass like oxen to eat, and with the dew of heaven his body was bathed, until he acknowledged that the Most High God [is] sovereign over the kingdom of humankind, and {whoever} he wants he sets over it.
Hosea 8:9
For they have gone up [to] Assyria, a wild donkey alone to itself; Ephraim has sold itself [for] lovers.