Parallel Verses
New Heart English Bible
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
New American Standard Bible
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
King James Version
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Holman Bible
or an ox low over its fodder?
International Standard Version
"Will the wild donkey bray from hunger if fresh grass is beside him? Will the ox low from distress if it is near its feed?
A Conservative Version
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder?
American Standard Version
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Amplified
“Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Bible in Basic English
Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?
Darby Translation
Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall the wild ass bray at grass? if the ox will low over his provender?
King James 2000
Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? or the ox lows over its fodder?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Does [the] wild ass bray over grass, or [the] ox bellow over its fodder?
Modern King James verseion
Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Doth the wild ass roar when he hath grass? Or crieth the ox, when he hath fodder enough?
NET Bible
"Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
The Emphasized Bible
Doth the wild ass bray over grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Webster
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
World English Bible
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Youngs Literal Translation
Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 6:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
4 For the arrows of Shaddai are within me. My spirit drinks up their poison. The terrors of God set themselves in array against me. 5 Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder? 6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without salt? Or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
Names
Cross References
Psalm 42:1
As the deer pants for the water brooks, so my soul pants after you, God.
Psalm 104:14
He causes the grass to grow for the livestock, and plants for man to cultivate, that he may bring forth food out of the earth:
Jeremiah 14:6
The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage."
Joel 1:18-20
How the animals groan. The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.