King James Version
Job 6:5 in the King James Version says “Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? when he: Heb. at grass?” — study this verse from Job chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? when he: Heb. at grass?”
Job 6:5 · KJV
For now it would be heavier than the sand of the sea: therefore my words are swallowed up. my words: that is, I want words to express my grief
For 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.
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? when he: Heb. at grass?
Can that which is unsavoury be eaten without salt? or is there any taste in the white of an egg?
The things that my soul refused to touch are as my sorrowful meat.
KJV Study — Public Domain
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
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