Job 39:5-8

Wild donkey

5 Who freed the wild donkey, loosed the ropes of the onager

6 to whom I gave the desert as home, his dwelling place in the salt flats?

7 He laughs at the clamor of the town, doesn't hear the driver's shout,

8 searches the hills for food and seeks any green sprout.

Job 39:5-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 39

This chapter treats of various creatures, beasts and birds, which Job had little knowledge of, had no concern in the making of them, and scarcely any power over them; as of the goats and hinds, Job 39:1-4; of the wild ass, Job 39:5-8; of the unicorn, Job 39:9-12; of the peacock and ostrich, Job 39:13-18; of the horse, Job 39:19-25; and of the hawk and eagle, Job 39:26-30.