Job 39:5-12

Revised Standard Version

⁵ “Who has let the wild ass go free?
    Who has loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
⁶ to whom I have given the steppe for his home,
    and the salt land for his dwelling place?
⁷ He scorns the tumult of the city;
    he hears not the shouts of the driver.
⁸ He ranges the mountains as his pasture,
    and he searches after every green thing.

⁹ “Is the wild ox willing to serve you?
    Will he spend the night at your crib?
¹⁰ Can you bind him in the furrow with ropes,
    or will he harrow the valleys after you?
¹¹ Will you depend on him because his strength is great,
    and will you leave to him your labor?
¹² Do you have faith in him that he will return,
    and bring your grain to your threshing floor?^[a]