Job 6:5
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Doeth the wilde asse bray †when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe ouer his fodder?
Original 1611 marginTranslation notes and cross-references are kept distinct.
- †Hebrew wordingHebr. at grasse.
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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.
18How doe the beastes grone? the heards of cattell are perplexed, because they haue no pasture, yea the flockes of sheepe are made desolate.
19O LORD, to thee will I crie: for the fire hath deuoured the ‖pastures of the wildernesse, and the flame hath burnt all the trees of the field.
20The beasts of the field crie also vnto thee: for the riuers of waters are dried vp, and the fire hath deuoured the pastures of the wildernesse.
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Job 6:5
Third-person singular present form of do: does.
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Sense 1: To utter the characteristic cry of an ass. Sense 2: To pound or crush in a mortar.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.
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Food for cattle or other livestock.
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4*For the arrowes of the Almightie are within me, the poyson whereof drinketh vp my spirit: the terrors of God doe set themselues in aray against mee.
5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
5Doeth the wilde asse bray †when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe ouer his fodder?
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