Job 39:3–5
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
They bowe themselues, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrowes.
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Their yong ones are in good liking, they grow vp with corne: they go forth, and returne not vnto them.
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Who hath sent out the wild asse free? or who hath looosed the bands of the wild asse?
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5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
5Behold, as wilde asses in the desart, goe they foorth to their worke, rising betimes for a pray: the wildernes yeeldeth food for them, and for their children.
- Psalms 104:11Rank 4 from verse 5
- Daniel 5:21Rank 5 from verse 5
21And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.
21*‖And hee was driuen from the sonnes of men, and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wilde asses: they fed him with grasse like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heauen, till hee knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdome of men, and that hee appointeth ouer it whomsoeuer he will.
- Genesis 16:12Rank 6 from verse 5
12And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
12And he will be a wilde man; his hand will be against euery man, and euery mans hand against him: *& he shal dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
- Genesis 49:14Rank 7 from verse 5
- Isaiah 32:14Rank 9 from verse 5
14Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
14‖Because the palaces shall be forsaken, the multitude of the citie shall be left, the forts and towres shall be for dennes for euer, a ioy of wild asses, a pasture of flockes;
- Jeremiah 14:6Rank 10 from verse 5
- Jeremiah 2:24Rank 11 from verse 5
24A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
24‖††‖A wild asse vsed to the wildernesse, that snuffeth vp the wind at her pleasure, in her occasion who can turne her away? all they that seeke her will not wearie themselues, in her moneth they shall find her.
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Job 39:3
Sense 1: A weapon for shooting arrows. Sense 2: The bow set in the cloud as a covenant token. Sense 3: To bend or incline the head, knees, face, or body downward in reverence, respect, submission, or worship.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.
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1. To throw, send, put, lay, or direct a person or thing into, upon, around, toward, or away from a place, or into a stated condition. 2. To put away, reject, expel, remove, overthrow, or bring down. 3. To put forth or use a lot for choosing, dividing, or assigning. 4. To form an object by pouring molten material into a mould. 5. To shed, drop, or bring forth young, fruit, leaves, or flowers. 6. To raise, form, or prepare a bank, mount, trench, or way. 7. In "cast ... in his teeth," to reproach or charge something against him. 8. As a noun, the distance something may be thrown.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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Griefs, pains, afflictions, or causes of distress.
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Job 39:4
1. Early in life or growth. 2. Offspring or young persons or creatures.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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Condition, appearance, or state, especially good or healthy condition.
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To come forward; to advance.
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1. Grain or cereal produce, whether growing or gathered, and the plants bearing it. 2. A single grain or seed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.
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DEFINED WORDS
Job 39:5
Caused to go or be carried; dispatched.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references
Sense 1: At liberty; released or exempt from bondage, confinement, service, obligation, dominion, guilt, or other restraint. Sense 2: Unrestrained, unobstructed, or at liberty to act or proceed. Sense 3: Willing, voluntary, liberal, or unreserved. Sense 4: Given or received without price, payment, or purchase.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of loose, meaning to unbind, untie, detach, release, set free, relax, open, or end a restraint.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828
1. Groups or companies, especially of soldiers or raiders. 2. Bonds, cords, restraints, or ties that bind or join.
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39:2Canst thou number the months that they fulfil? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
39:2Canst thou number the moneths that they fulfill? or knowest thou the time when they bring forth?
39:3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
39:3They bowe themselues, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrowes.
Selected passage39:4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
39:4Their yong ones are in good liking, they grow vp with corne: they go forth, and returne not vnto them.
Selected passage39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
39:5Who hath sent out the wild asse free? or who hath looosed the bands of the wild asse?
Selected passage39:6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
39:6Whose house I haue made the wildernesse, and †the barren lande his dwellings.