Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?
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?
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?
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 arrows of the Mighty are with me, Whose poison is drinking up my spirit. Terrors of God array themselves for me! 5 Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender? 6 Eaten is an insipid thing without salt? Is there sense in the drivel of dreams?
Names
Cross References
Psalm 42:1
To the Overseer. -- An Instruction. By sons of Korah. As a hart doth pant for streams of water, So my soul panteth toward Thee, O God.
Psalm 104:14
Causing grass to spring up for cattle, And herb for the service of man, To bring forth bread from the earth,
Jeremiah 14:6
And wild asses have stood on high places, They have swallowed up wind like dragons, Consumed have been their eyes, for there is no herb.
Joel 1:18-20
How have cattle sighed! Perplexed have been droves of oxen, For there is no pasture for them, Also droves of sheep have been desolated.