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Who set the wild donkey free?
Who untied the restraints on the onager?[a]
I have given it the wasteland[b] as its home,
the salt flats as its dwelling place.
It brays at the commotion in a town.
It does not listen to the shouting of the driver.
It explores the mountains as its pasture,
while it searches for anything green.

Is a wild ox willing to serve you?
Will it spend the night at your manger?
10 Can you lead the wild ox down a furrow with a rope?
Will it work the fields in the valleys behind you?
11 Will you depend on it because it is so strong?
Will you rely on it to labor for you?
12 Will you trust it to return your seed grain
and to bring it to your threshing floor?

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:5 Onager is the name for several species of wild donkeys found in Asia.
  2. Job 39:6 Hebrew arabah