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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 causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; (Psa. 104:14)
loweth.
Psa. 42:1• 1<<To the chief Musician, Maschil, for 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 did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass. (Jer. 14:6)
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Joel 1:18‑20• 18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.
 19O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field.
 20The beasts of the field cry also unto thee: for the rivers of waters are dried up, 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?