Job 39:5-12

New International Reader's Version

⁵ “Who let the wild donkeys go free?
    Who untied their ropes?
⁶ I gave them the dry and empty land as their home.
    I gave them salt flats to live in.
⁷ They laugh at all the noise in town.
    They do not hear the shouts of the donkey drivers.
⁸ They wander over the hills to look for grass.
    They search for anything green to eat.

⁹ “Job, will wild oxen agree to serve you?
    Will they stay by your feed box at night?
¹⁰ Can you keep them in straight rows with harnesses?
    Will they plow the valleys behind you?
¹¹ Will you depend on them for their great strength?
    Will you let them do your heavy work?
¹² Can you trust them to haul in your grain?
    Will they bring it to your threshing floor?