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A Symbol of Untamed Freedom
Commentators explain that the wild ass, by scorning the city's noise and ignoring the driver's shouts, represents a life of absolute, untamed freedom. It is not subject to human restraint or oppression. One scholar even notes the word for 'driver' is the same used for Egypt's 'taskmasters,' highlighting a freedom from slavery itself.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 39:7
18th Century
Theologian
He scorneth the multitude of the city - That is, he sets all this at defiance; he is not intimidated by it. He finds his home far away fro…
Charles Ellicott
On Job 39:7
19th Century
Bishop
The crying of the driver. —Or, the shoutings of the taskmaster. The word is the same as that applied to the taskmasters o…
John Gill
On Job 39:7
17th Century
Pastor
He scorns the multitude of the city
Choosing rather to be alone in the wilderness and free than to be among a multit…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 39:1–30
17th Century
Minister
In these questions, the Lord continued to humble Job. In this chapter, several animals are spoken of whose nature or situation particularly shows t…