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Job 6:5

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

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? No, they neither of them do, when the one is in a good pasture, and the other has a sufficiency of provender; but when they…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? - On the habits of the wild ass, see the notes at Job 11:12. The meaning of Job here is, that he did not complain without reason; and this he illustrates by…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 6:1-7

Eliphaz, in the beginning of his discourse, had been very sharp upon Job, and yet it does not appear that Job gave him any interruption, but heard him patiently till he had said all he had to say.…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Job 6:5-6

Job's complaints are proof of his pain, for does any creature complain when it has what its nature desires? The "braying" and "lowing" here are those expressing discontent or want.

be eaten without…

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