Parallel Verses
NET Bible
Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey,
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?
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?
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 grow strong, and grow up in the open; they go off, and do not return to them. 5 Who let the wild donkey go free? Who released the bonds of the donkey, 6 to whom I appointed the steppe for its home, the salt wastes as its dwelling place?
Names
Cross References
Job 6:5
"Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
Job 11:12
But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey's colt is born a human being.
Job 24:5
Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.
Psalm 104:11
They provide water for all the animals in the field; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
Genesis 16:12
He will be a wild donkey of a man. He will be hostile to everyone, and everyone will be hostile to him. He will live away from his brothers."
Genesis 49:14
Issachar is a strong-boned donkey lying down between two saddlebags.
Isaiah 32:14
For the fortress is neglected; the once-crowded city is abandoned. Hill and watchtower are permanently uninhabited. Wild donkeys love to go there, and flocks graze there.
Jeremiah 2:24
You are like a wild female donkey brought up in the wilderness. In her lust she sniffs the wind to get the scent of a male. No one can hold her back when she is in heat. None of the males need wear themselves out chasing after her. At mating time she is easy to find.
Jeremiah 14:6
Wild donkeys stand on the hilltops and pant for breath like jackals. Their eyes are strained looking for food, because there is none to be found."
Daniel 5:21
He was driven from human society, his mind was changed to that of an animal, he lived with the wild donkeys, he was fed grass like oxen, and his body became damp with the dew of the sky, until he came to understand that the most high God rules over human kingdoms, and he appoints over them whomever he wishes.
Hosea 8:9
They have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey that wanders off. Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers.