Job 39:5

New International Reader's Version

“Who let the wild donkeys go free? Who untied their ropes?

Cross References

Genesis 16:12

He will be like a wild donkey. He will use his power against everyone, and everyone will be against him. He will not get along with any of his family.”

Genesis 49:14

“Issachar is like a wild donkey lying down among the sheep pens.

Job 11:12

A wild donkey’s colt can’t be born a human being. And it’s just as impossible that a person without sense can become wise.

Job 24:5

The poor are like wild donkeys in the desert. They have to go around looking for food. The dry and empty land provides the only food for their children.

Job 39:10

Can you keep them in straight rows with harnesses? Will they plow the valleys behind you?

Job 39:4

Their little ones grow strong and healthy in the wild. They leave and do not come home again.

Job 6:5

Does a wild donkey cry out when it has enough grass? Does an ox call out when it has plenty of food?

Psalm 104:11

The springs give water to all the wild animals. The wild donkeys satisfy their thirst.

Isaiah 32:14

The royal palace will be left empty. The noisy city will be deserted. The fort and lookout tower will become a dry and empty desert forever. Donkeys will enjoy being there. Flocks will eat there.

Jeremiah 14:6

Wild donkeys stand on the bare hilltops. They long for water as wild dogs do. Their eyesight fails because they do not have any food to eat.”

Jeremiah 2:24

You are like a wild donkey that lives in the desert. She smells the wind when she longs for a mate. Who can hold her back? The males that run after her do not need to wear themselves out. At mating time they will easily find her.

Daniel 5:21

He was driven away from people. He was given the mind of an animal. He lived with the wild donkeys. He ate grass just as an ox does. His body became wet with the dew of heaven. He stayed that way until he recognized that the Most High God rules over all kingdoms on earth. He puts anyone he wants to in charge of them.

Hosea 8:9

They have gone up to Assyria for help. They are like a wild donkey that wanders around by itself. Ephraim’s people have sold themselves to their Assyrian lovers.