Job 6:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 42:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.
  • Ps 104:14 : 14 He makes the grass come up for the cattle, and plants for the use of man; so that bread may come out of the earth;
  • Jer 14:6 : 6 And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.
  • Joel 1:18-20 : 18 What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no grass for them; even the flocks of sheep are no longer to be seen. 19 O Lord, my cry goes up to you: for fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste, and all the trees of the field are burned with its flame. 20 The beasts of the field are turning to you with desire: for the water-streams are dry and fire has put an end to the grass-lands of the waste.

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  • Jer 14:5-6
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    5 And the roe, giving birth in the field, lets her young one be uncared for, because there is no grass.

    6 And the asses of the field on the open hilltops are opening their mouths wide like jackals to get air; their eyes are hollow because there is no grass.

  • Job 39:5-10
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    5 Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?

    6 They are bent down, they give birth to their young, they let loose the fruit of their body.

    7 Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again.

    8 Who has let the ass of the fields go free? or made loose the bands of the loud-voiced beast?

    9 To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.

    10 He makes sport of the noise of the town; the voice of the driver does not come to his ears;

  • Job 6:6
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    6 Will a man take food which has no taste without salt? or is there any taste in the soft substance of purslain?

  • Joel 1:18
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    18 What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no grass for them; even the flocks of sheep are no longer to be seen.

  • Amos 3:4
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    4 Will a lion give his loud cry in the woodland when no food is there? will the voice of the young lion be sounding from his hole if he has taken nothing?

  • Ps 104:11
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    11 They give drink to every beast of the field; the mountain asses come to them for water.

  • Job 39:1
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    1 Do you go after food for the she-lion, or get meat so that the young lions may have enough,

  • Job 39:19-21
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    19 She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

    20 For God has taken wisdom from her mind, and given her no measure of knowledge.

    21 When she is shaking her wings on high, she makes sport of the horse and of him who is seated on him.

  • Amos 6:12
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    12 Is it possible for horses to go running on the rock? may the sea be ploughed with oxen? for the right to be turned by you into poison, and the fruit of righteousness into a bitter plant?

  • Job 24:5
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    5 Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.

  • Job 40:15
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    15 He takes the produce of the mountains, where all the beasts of the field are at play.

  • Job 18:3
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    3 Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

  • Job 11:12
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    12 And so a hollow-minded man will get wisdom, when a young ass of the field gets teaching.

  • Isa 30:24
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    24 And the oxen and the young asses which are used for ploughing, will have salted grain which has been made free from the waste with fork and basket.

  • Ps 50:13
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    13 Am I to take the flesh of the ox for my food, or the blood of goats for my drink?

  • Job 12:11
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    11 Are not words tested by the ear, even as food is tasted by the mouth?

  • 1 Cor 9:9
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    9 For it says in the law of Moses, It is not right to keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it. Is it for the oxen that God is giving orders?

  • Job 6:4
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    4 For the arrows of the Ruler of all are present with me, and their poison goes deep into my spirit: his army of fears is put in order against me.

  • Job 12:7
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    7 But put now a question to the beasts, and get teaching from them; or to the birds of the heaven, and they will make it clear to you;

  • Jer 2:24
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    24 An untrained ass, used to the waste land, breathing up the wind in her desire; at her time, who is able to send her away? all those who are looking for her will have no need to make themselves tired; in her month they will get her.

  • Job 39:24
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    24 He is stamping with joy in the valley; he makes sport of fear.

  • Job 40:20
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    20 Is it possible for Leviathan to be pulled out with a fish-hook, or for a hook to be put through the bone of his mouth?

  • Job 30:7
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    7 They make noises like asses among the brushwood; they get together under the thorns.

  • Isa 1:3
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    3 Even the ox has knowledge of its owner, and the ass of the place where its master puts its food: but Israel has no knowledge, my people give no thought to me.

  • Ps 92:6
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    6 A man without sense has no knowledge of this; and a foolish man may not take it in.

  • Isa 32:20
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    20 Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.

  • Job 3:24
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    24 In place of my food I have grief, and cries of sorrow come from me like water.

  • 2 Pet 2:16
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    16 But his wrongdoing was pointed out to him: an ass, talking with a man's voice, put a stop to the error of the prophet.

  • Job 1:14
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    14 And a man came to Job, and said, The oxen were ploughing, and the asses were taking their food by their side:

  • Ps 8:7
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    7 All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;

  • Deut 25:4
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    4 Do not keep the ox from taking the grain when he is crushing it.

  • Num 22:30
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    30 And the ass said to Balaam, Am I not your ass upon which you have gone all your life till this day? and have I ever done this to you before? And he said, No.

  • Job 36:33
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    33 The thunder makes clear his passion, and the storm gives news of his wrath.

  • Job 35:11
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    11 Who gives us more knowledge than the beasts of the earth, and makes us wiser than the birds of the heaven?

  • Job 6:13
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    13 I have no help in myself, and wisdom is completely gone from me.

  • Job 27:9
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    9 Will his cry come to the ears of God when he is in trouble?

  • Prov 26:3
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    3 A whip for the horse, a mouth-bit for the ass, and a rod for the back of the foolish.

  • Job 21:10
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    10 Their ox is ready at all times to give seed; their cow gives birth, without dropping her young.

  • Job 31:38
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    38 If my land has made an outcry against me, or the ploughed earth has been in sorrow;

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    3 I will not keep quiet about the parts of his body, or about his power, and the strength of his frame.