Job 39:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִֽי־שִׁלַּ֣ח פֶּ֣רֶא חָפְשִׁ֑י וּמֹסְר֥וֹת עָ֝ר֗וֹד מִ֣י פִתֵּֽחַ׃

Transliteration

mî-šillaḥ pereʾ ḥopšî û-môsərôt ʿārôd mî pittēaḥ

Grammar Details

*mî*: interrogative pronoun - who
*šillaḥ*: piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he sent away/set free
*pereʾ*: masculine singular absolute - wild donkey
*ḥopšî*: masculine singular adjective - free
*û*: conjunction - and
*môsərôt*: feminine plural construct - bonds/chains of
*ʿārôd*: masculine singular absolute - wild ass
*pittēaḥ*: piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he opened/untied

Word Meanings

*mî*: who
*šillaḥ*: sent away/set free/let loose
*pereʾ*: wild donkey/onager
*ḥopšî*: free/liberty
*môsərôt*: bonds/chains/restraints
*ʿārôd*: wild ass/onager
*pittēaḥ*: opened/untied/loosed

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Job 6:5 : 5 Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Job 11:12 : 12 For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.
Job 24:5 : 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Ps 104:11 : 11 They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
Isa 32:14 : 14 Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
Jer 2:24 : 24 A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
Jer 14:6 : 6 And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.
Dan 5:21 : 21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
Hos 8:9 : 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
Gen 16:12 : 12 And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Gen 49:14 : 14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens:

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Job 39:6-11
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6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
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9Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?
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Jer 2:24
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24A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
Job 6:5
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5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Job 24:5
73%
5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Ps 104:11
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11They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.
Job 39:4
72%
4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Job 39:1-2
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72%
1Knowest thou the time when the wild goats of the rock bring forth? or canst thou mark when the hinds do calve?
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Job 39:19-21
3 verses
72%
19Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?
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Jer 14:5-6
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71%
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Job 11:12
70%
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Job 30:11
69%
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69%
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69%
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67%
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Hos 8:9
67%
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Isa 30:6
67%
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Job 41:13
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