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Job 39:5

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Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
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  1. Job 11:12Rank 1 from verse 5
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    12For vain man would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass’s colt.

  2. Job 24:5Rank 2 from verse 5
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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.

  3. Job 6:5Rank 3 from verse 5
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    5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

  4. Psalms 104:11Rank 4 from verse 5
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    11They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

  5. Daniel 5:21Rank 5 from verse 5
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    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.

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Job 39:5

COMBINED MEANING

out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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COMBINED MEANING

free

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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

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loosed

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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

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bands

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1. Groups or companies, especially of soldiers or raiders. 2. Bonds, cords, restraints, or ties that bind or join.

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39:4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

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39:6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

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