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Job 6:5

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Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
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  1. Jeremiah 14:6Rank 1 from verse 5
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    6And the wild asses did stand in the high places, they snuffed up the wind like dragons; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass.

  2. Joel 1:18–20Rank 2 from verse 5
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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.

  3. Psalms 104:14Rank 3 from verse 5
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    14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;

  4. Psalms 42:1Rank 4 from verse 5
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    1AS the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.

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Job 6:5

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bray

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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

COMBINED MEANING

grass

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Low green herbage growing from the ground; by extension, plants used for pasture.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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6:4For the arrows of the Almighty are within me, the poison whereof drinketh up my spirit: the terrors of God do set themselves in array against me.

6:5Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

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6:6Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?

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