Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
"Will the wild donkey bray from hunger if fresh grass is beside him? Will the ox low from distress if it is near its feed?
New American Standard Bible
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
King James Version
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Holman Bible
or an ox low over its fodder?
A Conservative Version
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or the ox moo over his fodder?
American Standard Version
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Amplified
“Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass?
Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Bible in Basic English
Does the ass of the fields give out his voice when he has grass? or does the ox make sounds over his food?
Darby Translation
Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?
Julia Smith Translation
Shall the wild ass bray at grass? if the ox will low over his provender?
King James 2000
Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? or the ox lows over its fodder?
Lexham Expanded Bible
Does [the] wild ass bray over grass, or [the] ox bellow over its fodder?
Modern King James verseion
Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Doth the wild ass roar when he hath grass? Or crieth the ox, when he hath fodder enough?
NET Bible
"Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
New Heart English Bible
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
The Emphasized Bible
Doth the wild ass bray over grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?
Webster
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?
World English Bible
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
Youngs Literal Translation
Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?
Interlinear
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 6:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Second Speech: A Response To Eliphaz
4 "The arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit absorbs their poison; God's terrors have been arranged just for me! 5 "Will the wild donkey bray from hunger if fresh grass is beside him? Will the ox low from distress if it is near its feed? 6 Tasteless food isn't eaten without salt, is it? Is there any taste in an egg white?
Names
Cross References
Psalm 42:1
As an antelope pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, God.
Psalm 104:14
He causes grass to sprout for the cattle and plants for people to cultivate, to produce food from the land,
Jeremiah 14:6
Wild donkeys stand on the barren hills. They pant for air like jackals. Their eyesight fails because there is no vegetation."
Joel 1:18-20
Oh, how the livestock groan! The herds of cattle wander about because they have no pasture. Even flocks of sheep suffer!