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Job 6

Job 6:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Doth the wild ass
pere' (Hebrew #6501)
from 6500 in the secondary sense of running wild; the onager
KJV usage: wild (ass).
Pronounce: peh'-reh
Origin: or pereh (Jeremiah 2:24) {peh'-reh}
bray
nahaq (Hebrew #5101)
to bray (as an ass), scream (from hunger
KJV usage: bray.
Pronounce: naw-hak'
Origin: a primitive root
κwhen he hath grass
deshe' (Hebrew #1877)
a sprout; by analogy, grass
KJV usage: (tender) grass, green, (tender)herb.
Pronounce: deh'-sheh
Origin: from 1876
? or loweth
ga`ah (Hebrew #1600)
to bellow (as cattle)
KJV usage: low.
Pronounce: gaw-aw'
Origin: a primitive root
the ox
showr (Hebrew #7794)
a bullock (as a traveller)
KJV usage: bull(-ock), cow, ox, wall (by mistake for 7791).
Pronounce: shore
Origin: from 7788
over his fodder
bliyl (Hebrew #1098)
mixed, i.e. (specifically) feed (for cattle)
KJV usage: corn, fodder, provender.
Pronounce: bel-eel'
Origin: from 1101
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at grass.

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Ass,
Grass,
Ox; Oxen

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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when he hath grass.
Heb. at grass.
Psa. 104:14• 14He maketh the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man; bringing forth bread out of the earth, (Psa. 104:14)
loweth.
Psa. 42:1• 1To the chief Musician. An instruction; of the sons of Korah. As the hart panteth after the water-brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God. (Psa. 42:1)
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Jer. 14:6• 6And the wild asses stand on the heights, they snuff up the wind like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage. (Jer. 14:6)
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Joel 1:18‑20• 18How do the beasts groan! The herds of cattle are bewildered, for they have no pasture; the flocks of sheep also are in suffering.
 19To thee, Jehovah, do I cry; for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned up all the trees of the field.
 20The beasts of the field also cry unto thee; for the water-courses are dried, and the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness. (Joel 1:18‑20)
• Job uses several figures to show that he has just cause for the complaints for which his friends reproach him. Even an ass or an ox will be content if he has his proper food. If he makes complaint, we know he has not received it. (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?