“Ishmael will be wild and free, like a wild donkey. He will move from place to place and camp near his brothers. He will be against everyone and everyone will be against him.”
Job 39:5 - Easy To Read Version “Job, who let the wild donkeys go free?\par Who untied their ropes\par and let them loose?\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Who has sent out the wild donkey, giving him his freedom? Or who has loosed the bands of the swift donkey [by which his tame brother is bound–he, the shy, the swift-footed, and the untamable], American Standard Version (1901) Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass, Common English Bible Who freed the wild donkey, loosed the ropes of the onager Catholic Public Domain Version Who has set the wild ass free, and who has released his bonds? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Who hath sent out the wild ass free, and who hath loosed his bonds? |
“Ishmael will be wild and free, like a wild donkey. He will move from place to place and camp near his brothers. He will be against everyone and everyone will be against him.”
“Issachar is like a donkey who has worked too hard. He will lie down after carrying a heavy load.
A wild donkey can’t give birth\par to a man.\par And a stupid person will never\par become wise.\par
“Poor people are like wild donkeys\par wandering in the desert\par searching for food.\par They get up early in the morning\par to search for food.\par They work late into the evening\par getting food for their children.\par
Will a wild bull\par let you put ropes on him\par so you can plow your fields?\par
Those baby animals grow strong\par in the fields.\par Then they leave their mothers\par and never come back.\par
\{Your words are easy to say\par when nothing bad has happened.\}\par Even a wild donkey doesn’t complain\par when it has grass to eat.\par And a cow doesn’t complain\par when it has its food.\par
The streams water all the wild animals.\par Even the wild donkeys come there to drink.\par
People will leave the capital city. The palace and towers will be left empty. People will not live in houses—they will live in caves. Wild donkeys and sheep will live in the city—animals will go there to eat grass.
Wild donkeys stand on the bare hills.\par They sniff the wind like jackals. {\cf2\super [121]} \par But their eyes can’t find any food,\par because there are no plants to eat.\par
You are like a wild donkey\par that lives in the desert.\par At mating time, she sniffs (smells)\par the wind.\par No person can bring her back\par at the time she is in heat.\par At mating time, every male that wants her\par will get her.\par It is easy to find her.\par
Then Nebuchadnezzar was forced to go away from people. His mind became like the mind of an animal. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like a cow. He became wet with dew. {\cf2\super [59]} These things happened to him until he learned his lesson. Then he learned that God Most High rules over the kingdoms of men. And God Most High sets anyone he wants over kingdoms.
Ephraim {\cf2\super [79]} went to his ‘lovers.’\par Like a wild donkey,\par he wandered off to Assyria.\par