Job Chapter 39 verse 5 Holy Bible
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
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Is the number of their months fixed by you? or is the time when they give birth ordered by you?
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Who hath sent out the wild ass free? and who hath loosed the bands of the onager,
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Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
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Canst thou number the months that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
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"Who has set the wild donkey free? Or who has loosened the bonds of the swift donkey,
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Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Two kinds of onager or wild ass, seem to be intended - the one called pore' (פִרֶא), and the other 'arod (עָרוד). These correspond probably to the Asinus hemippus and the Asinus onager of modern naturalists, the former of which is still found in the deserts of Syria, Mesopotamia, and Northern Arabia, while the latter inhabits Western Asia from 48° N.lat. southward to Persia, Beloochistan, and Western India. Sir H. A. Layard describes the former, which he saw, as a "beautiful animal, in fleetness equalling the gazelle, very wild, and of a rich fawn colour, almost pink" ('Nineveh and its Remains,' Vol. 1. p. 324). The latter (Asinus onager) was seen by Sir R. K. Porter in Persia ('Travels,' vol. 1. p. 460), and is described in very similar terms. The two, however, appear to be distinct species (see Dr. Smith's 'Dict. of the Bible,' vol. 3. pp. 19, 20, Appendix). Both animals are remarkable for extreme wildness; and all attempts to domesticate the young of either have hitherto failed.
