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

    6And 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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    5Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?

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

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

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

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

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

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

  • 18What 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.

  • 4Will 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?

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

  • 1Do 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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    19She is cruel to her young ones, as if they were not hers; her work is to no purpose; she has no fear.

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

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

  • 12Is 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?

  • 5Like 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.

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

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

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

  • 24And 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.

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

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

  • 9For 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?

  • 4For 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.

  • 7But 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;

  • 24An 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.

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

  • 20Is 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?

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

  • 3Even 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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    7All sheep and oxen, and all the beasts of the field;

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

  • 30And 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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