Job 6:5
Modern Translations
New International Version
Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass, or an ox bellow when it has fodder?

New Living Translation
Don’t I have a right to complain? Don’t wild donkeys bray when they find no grass, and oxen bellow when they have no food?

English Standard Version
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass, or the ox low over his fodder?

Berean Study Bible
Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass, or an ox low over its fodder?

New American Standard Bible
“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his feed?

NASB 1995
"Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?

NASB 1977
“Does the wild donkey bray over his grass, Or does the ox low over his fodder?

Amplified Bible
“Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

Christian Standard Bible
Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox low over its fodder?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Does a wild donkey bray over fresh grass or an ox low over its fodder?

Contemporary English Version
Do oxen and wild donkeys cry out in distress unless they are hungry?

Good News Translation
A donkey is content when eating grass, and a cow is quiet when eating hay.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
"Does a wild donkey bray when it's [eating] grass, or does an ox make a sound over its hay?

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?

NET Bible
"Does the wild donkey bray when it is near grass? Or does the ox low near its fodder?
Classic Translations
King James Bible
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

New King James Version
Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass, Or does the ox low over its fodder?

King James 2000 Bible
Does the wild donkey bray when it has grass? or the ox lows over its fodder?

New Heart English Bible
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

World English Bible
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

American King James Version
Does the wild ass bray when he has grass? or lows the ox over his fodder?

American Standard Version
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

A Faithful Version
Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?

Darby Bible Translation
Doth the wild ass bray by the grass? loweth an ox over his fodder?

English Revised Version
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

Webster's Bible Translation
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
Doeth the wilde asse bray when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder?

Bishops' Bible of 1568
Doth the wild asse rore when he hath grasse? or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder inough

Coverdale Bible of 1535
Doth the wilde asse roare when he hath grasse? Or crieth the oxe, whe he hath fodder ynough?
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Does a wild donkey bray over tender grass? Does an ox low over his provender?

Young's Literal Translation
Brayeth a wild ass over tender grass? Loweth an ox over his provender?

Smith's Literal Translation
Shall the wild ass bray at grass? if the ox will low over his provender?

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Will the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or will the ox low when he standeth before a full manger?

Catholic Public Domain Version
Will the wild ass bray when he has grass? Or will the ox bellow when he stands before a full manger?

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Does a wild donkey sniff over new grass or a bull cry over hay?

Lamsa Bible
Does the wild ass bray over grass? Or does the ox low over the fodder?

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? Or loweth the ox over his fodder?

Brenton Septuagint Translation
What then? will the wild ass bray for nothing, if he is not seeking food? or again, will the ox low at the manger, when he has a fodder?
















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