“Who set the wild donkey free?
Who loosed the bonds of the [a]onager,
(A)Whose home I have made the wilderness,
And the [b]barren land his dwelling?
He scorns the tumult of the city;
He does not heed the shouts of the driver.
The range of the mountains is his pasture,
And he searches after (B)every green thing.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 39:5 A species of wild donkey
  2. Job 39:6 Lit. salt land

“Who let the wild donkey(A) go free?
    Who untied its ropes?
I gave it the wasteland(B) as its home,
    the salt flats(C) as its habitat.(D)
It laughs(E) at the commotion in the town;
    it does not hear a driver’s shout.(F)
It ranges the hills(G) for its pasture
    and searches for any green thing.

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