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Does the wild donkey bray when he has grass? Or does the ox low over his fodder?
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The Natural Cry of Pain
Commentators agree that Job is using a simple analogy from nature to justify his complaints. He argues that just as a wild donkey or an ox is content and quiet when it has food, but cries out when it is hungry, his own groans are a natural and direct result of his intense suffering. His complaints are not baseless but are evidence of a genuine and desperate need.
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Job
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? - On the habits of the wild ass, see the notes at (Job 11:12). The meaning o…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Doth the wild ass bray when he has grass? or lows the ox over his fodder ? ] No, they…
Job still justifies himself in his complaints. In addition to outward troubles, the inner sense of God's wrath took away all his courage and resolu…
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13th Century
Catholic
Eliphaz had clearly noted three things in Job’s lament: despair, because Job seemed to desire non-existence; impatience or excessive sorrow, becaus…
