Job 6:5
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?”
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BSBPD
“Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 6:5 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 39:8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
- Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
- Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
- Jeremiah 14:6Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
- Joel 1:18How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
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