Job 39:6

Whose house I have made the wilderness,.... Appointed that to be his place of residence, as being agreeable to his nature, at a distance from men, and in the less danger of being brought into…

Whose house I have made - God had appointed its home in the desert. And the barren land his dwellings - Margin, as in Hebrew “salt places.” Such places were usually barren. Psa 107:34, “he turneth a…

Whose house - Habitation, or place of resort.

The barren land - מלחה melechah, the salt land, or salt places, as in the margin. See above.

God here shows Job what little acquaintance he had with the untamed creatures that run wild in the deserts and live at large, but are the care of the divine Providence. As,

I. The wild goats and the…

The wild ass. Who gave the wild ass his freedom and his indomitable love of liberty who scorns the noise of cities and laughs at the shouts of the driver, which his tame brother obeys? The point of…