Job 6:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 6:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 6:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder? when he...: Heb. at grass?" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 6:5 — KJV
“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)
Job 6:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 6:5
“For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers. lovers: Heb. loves”
Shares key themes with Job 6:5: wild, ass, hath
“And I commanded you at that time, saying, The LORD your God hath given you this land to possess it: ye shall pass over armed before your brethren the children of Israel, all that are meet for the war. meet...: Heb. sons of power”
Shares key themes with Job 6:5: ass, hath, over
“And thou shalt write upon them all the words of this law, when thou art passed over, that thou mayest go in unto the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, a land that floweth with milk and honey; as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee.”
Shares key themes with Job 6:5: ass, hath, loweth
“And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it? Thinkest...: Heb. In thine eyes doth David”
Shares key themes with Job 6:5: doth, hath, over
“But the princes of the children of Ammon said to Hanun, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? are not his servants come unto thee for to search, and to overthrow, and to spy out the land? Thinkest...: Heb. In thine eyes doth David, etc”
Shares key themes with Job 6:5: doth, hath, over
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