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“Who let the ·wild donkey [or onager; C a donkey-like animal also known as the Asian wild ass; Gen. 16:12] go free?
    Who untied ·its ropes [L the Arabian onager from its bonds; C another Hebrew word for a wild donkey]?
I am the one who gave ·the donkey [L it] the ·desert [steppe] as its home;
    I gave it the ·desert [L salt] lands as a place to live.
·The wild donkey [L It] ·laughs [scoffs] at the ·confusion [tumult; noise] in the city,
    and it does not hear the drivers shout.
It ·roams [scouts out] the ·hills [mountains] looking for pasture,
    looking for anything green to eat.

“Will the wild ox agree to serve you
    and stay by your ·feeding box [stable] at night?
10 Can you hold it to the ·plowed row [furrow] with a ·harness [rope]
    so it will ·plow [harrow] the valleys for you?
11 Will you depend on the wild ox for its great strength
    and ·leave [hand over] your heavy work for it to do?
12 Can you trust the ox to bring in your grain
    and gather it to your threshing floor?

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“Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]?
And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild],

To whom I gave the wilderness as his home
And the salt land as his dwelling place?

“He scorns the tumult of the city,
And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster.

“He explores the mountains as his pasture
And searches after every green thing.

“Will the wild ox be willing to serve you,
Or remain beside your manger at night?
10 
“Can you bind the wild ox with a harness [to the plow] in the furrow?
Or will he plow the valleys for you?
11 
“Will you trust him because his strength is great
And leave your labor to him?
12 
“Will you have faith and depend on him to return your grain
And gather it from your threshing floor?

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