Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,
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

Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass
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?

New Heart English Bible

Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his 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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Doth the wild ass
פּרה פּרא 
Pere' 
Usage: 10

נהק 
Nahaq 
Usage: 2

דּשׁא 
Deshe' 
Usage: 15

or loweth
גּעה 
Ga`ah 
low
Usage: 2

the ox
שׁור 
Showr 
ox, bullock, cow, bull, wall
Usage: 78

References

American

Easton

Hastings

Morish

Context Readings

Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz

4 The Almighty's arrows are in me. My spirit drinks in their poison. God's terrors set themselves against me. 5 “Does the wild donkey bray over his grass,
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
6 Is tasteless food eaten without salt? Is there flavor in the white root of the marshmallow plant (or the white of an egg)?

Cross References

Psalm 42:1

([Sons of Korah]) As the deer desires the water brooks, so I desire you, O God.

Psalm 104:14

You cause the grass to grow for the cattle and vegetation for the labor of man. That he may bring forth food from the earth,

Jeremiah 14:6

Wild donkeys stand on the bare hills. They sniff the wind like jackals. Their eyesight fails because they have no green plants.

Joel 1:18-20

How the beasts groan! The herds of cattle wander about because they have no pasture. The flocks of sheep suffer.

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