King James Version
Job 39:5 in the King James Version says “Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?” — study this verse from Job chapter 39 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?”
Job 39:5 · KJV
They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. barren: Heb. salt places
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver. of the driver: Heb. of the exactor
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“Who hath sent out”
H7971to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)
“the bands”
H4147properly, chastisement, i.e., (by implication) a halter; figuratively, restraint
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“or who hath loosed”
H6605to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve
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