Job 39:6

6 (39-9) Al cual yo puse casa en la soledad, Y sus moradas en lugares estériles.

Job 39:6 Meaning and Commentary

Job 39:6

Whose house I have made the wilderness
Appointed that to be his place of residence, as being agreeable to his nature, at a distance from men, and in the less danger of being brought into subjection by them. Such were the deserts of Arabia; where, as Xenophon


FOOTNOTES:

F14 relates, were many of these creatures, and which he represents as very swift: and Leo Africanus F15 says, great numbers of them are found in deserts, and on the borders of deserts; hence said to be used to the wilderness ( Jeremiah 2:24 ) ;

and the barren land his dwellings;
not entirely barren, for then it could not live there; but comparatively, with respect to land that is fruitful: or "salt land" F16; for, as Pliny F17 says, every place where salt is, is barren.


F14 De Expedition. Cyri, l. 1.
F15 Descriptio Africae, l. 9. p. 752.
F16 (hxlm) "salsuginem", Montanus; "salsuginosam terram", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
F17 Nat. Hist. l. 31. c. 7.

Job 39:6 In-Context

4 (39-7) Sus hijos están sanos, crecen con el pasto: Salen y no vuelven á ellas.
5 (39-8) ¿Quién echó libre al asno montés, y quién soltó sus ataduras?
6 (39-9) Al cual yo puse casa en la soledad, Y sus moradas en lugares estériles.
7 (39-10) Búrlase de la multitud de la ciudad: No oye las voces del arriero.
8 (39-11) Lo oculto de los montes es su pasto, Y anda buscando todo lo que está verde.
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