Job 39:7

7 Haar jongen worden kloek, worden groot door het koren; zij gaan uit, en keren niet weder tot dezelve.

Job 39:7 Meaning and Commentary

Job 39:7

He scorneth the multitude of the city
Choosing rather to be alone in the wilderness and free than to be among a multitude of men in a city, and be a slave as the tame ass; or it despises and defies a multitude of men, that may come out of cities to take it, Leo Africanus says ^F18 it yields to none for swiftness but Barbary horses: according to Xenophon ^F19, it exceeds the horse in swiftness; and when pursued by horsemen, it will outrun them, and stand still and rest till they come near it, and then start again; so that there is no taking it, unless many are employed. Aristotle ^F20 says it excels in swiftness; and, according to Bochart ^F21, it has its name in Hebrew from the Chaldee word (adp) , "to run". Or it may be rendered, "the noise of the city", so Cocceius; the stir and bustle in it, through a multiplicity of men in business;

neither regardeth he the crying of the driver;
or "hears" ^F23: he neither feels his blows, nor hears his words; urging him to move faster and make quicker dispatch, as the tame ass does; he being neither ridden nor driven, nor drawing in a cart or plough.

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 Ut supra. (Descriptio Africae, l. 9. p. 752.)
F19 Ut supra. (De Expedition. Cyril, l. 1.)
F20 Hist. Animal. l. 6. c. 36.
F21 Hierozoic. par. 1. l. 1. c. 9. col. 63.
F23 (emvy al) "non audiet", Pagninus, Montanus.

Job 39:7 In-Context

5 Zult gij de maanden tellen, die zij vervullen, en weet gij den tijd van haar baren?

6 Als zij zich krommen, haar jongen met versplijting voortbrengen, haar smarten uitwerpen?

7 Haar jongen worden kloek, worden groot door het koren; zij gaan uit, en keren niet weder tot dezelve.

8 Wie heeft den woudezel vrij henengezonden, en wie heeft de banden des wilden ezels gelost?

9 Dien Ik de wildernis tot zijn huis besteld heb, en het ziltige tot zijn woningen.