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Job 39:5–6

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5“Who set the wild donkey free?

Who loosed the bonds of the 2onager,

6cWhose home I have made the wilderness,

And the 3barren land his dwelling?

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Footnotes

  1. 2A species of wild donkey
  2. 3Lit. salt land

Cross references

  1. cJob 24:5; Jer. 2:24; Hos. 8:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“Who has let the wild donkey go free?

Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,

to whom I have given the arid plain for his home

and the salt land for his dwelling place?

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Who let the wild donkey go free?

Who untied its ropes?

I gave it the wasteland as its home,

the salt flats as its habitat.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Who set the wild donkey free?

Who released the swift donkey from its harness?

I made the desert its home,

and the salty wasteland its dwelling.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Who gives the wild donkey its freedom?

Who untied its ropes?

I have placed it in the wilderness;

its home is the wasteland.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Who has sent forth the wild ass free?

And who has released the wild donkey’s bonds,

to which I have given the wilderness as its house

and the salt flat as its dwelling place?

KJV 1900King James Version

Who hath sent out the wild ass free?

Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Whose house I have made the wilderness,

And the barren land his dwellings.