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Job 6:5

NETBible	“Does the wild donkey¹ bray² when it is near grass?³ Or⁴ does the ox low near its fodder?⁵
NIV © biblegateway Job 6:5	Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?
NASB © biblegateway Job 6:5	"Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?
NLT © biblegateway Job 6:5	Don’t I have a right to complain? Wild donkeys bray when they find no green grass, and oxen low when they have no food.
MSG © biblegateway Job 6:5	Donkeys bray and cows moo when they run out of pasture--so don't expect me to keep quiet in this.
BBE © SABDAweb Job 6:5	Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?
NRSV © bibleoremus Job 6:5	Does the wild ass bray over its grass, or the ox low over its fodder?
NKJV © biblegateway Job 6:5	Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass, Or does the ox low over its fodder?
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KJV	Doth the wild ass <06501> bray <05101> (8799) when he hath grass <01877>_? or loweth <01600> (8799) the ox <07794> over his fodder <01098>_? {when he...: Heb. at grass?}
NASB © biblegateway Job 6:5	"Does the wild <06501> donkey <06501> bray <05101> over <05921> his grass <01877> , Or <0518> does the ox <07794> low <01600> over <05921> his fodder <01098> ?
LXXM	ti <5100> I-NSN gar <1063> PRT mh <3165> ADV dia <1223> PREP kenhv <2756> A-GSF kekraxetai <2896> V-FMI-3S onov <3688> N-NSM agriov <66> A-NSM all <235> CONJ h <2228> CONJ ta <3588> T-APN sita <4621> N-APN zhtwn <2212> V-PAPNS ei <1487> CONJ de <1161> PRT kai <2532> CONJ rhxei <4486> V-FAI-3S fwnhn <5456> N-ASF bouv <1016> N-NSF epi <1909> PREP fatnhv <5336> N-GSF ecwn <2192> V-PAPNS ta <3588> T-APN brwmata <1033> N-APN
NET [draft] ITL	“Does the wild donkey <06501> bray <05101> when it is near <05921> grass <01877> ? Or <0518> does the ox <07794> low <01600> near <05921> its fodder <01098> ?
HEBREW	wlylb <01098> le <05921> rws <07794> hegy <01600> Ma <0518> asd <01877> yle <05921> arp <06501> qhnyh (6:5) <05101>

NETBible

“Does the wild donkey¹ bray² when it is near grass?³ Or⁴ does the ox low near its fodder?⁵

NET Notes

¹tn There have been suggestions to identify this animal as something other than a wild donkey, but the traditional interpretation has been confirmed (see P. Humbert, “En marge du dictionnaire hébraïque,” ZAW 62 [1950]: 199-207).

²tn The verb נָהַק (nahaq, “bray”) occurs in Arabic and Aramaic and only in Job 30:7 in Hebrew, where it refers to unfortunate people in the wilderness who utter cries like the hungry wild donkey.

³sn In this brief section Job indicates that it would be wiser to seek the reason for the crying than to complain of the cry. The wild donkey will bray when it finds no food (see Jer 14:6).

⁴tn The construction forms a double question (אִם...הֲ, ha…’im) but not to express mutually exclusive questions in this instance. Instead, it is used to repeat the same question in different words (see GKC 475 §150.h).

⁵tc The LXX captures the meaning of the verse, but renders it in a more expansive way.

⁵tn This word occurs here and in Isa 30:24. In contrast to the grass that grows on the fields for the wild donkey, this is fodder prepared for the domesticated animals.