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 Domain
ASVPD

“Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 6:5 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 39:8He roams the mountains for pasture, searching for any green thing.
  2. Psalms 42:1As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul longs after You, O God.
  3. Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
  4. Jeremiah 14:6Wild donkeys stand on barren heights; they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of pasture.”
  5. 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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