Job 39:5-12 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Job 39:5-7: 39:5-7 wild donkey ... hates (literally scorns ) the noise of the city: This is the first in a series of animals that scorn others who are their inferiors in some way (cp. 39:18 , 22 ; 41:29 ). These images illustrate how God scorns the opposition of a man like Job (see Ps 2:4 ).

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‏ Job 39:5-12

Summary for Job 39:5-7: 39:5-7 ^a wild donkey ... hates (literally scorns) the noise of the city: This is the first in a series of animals that scorn others who are their inferiors in some way (cp. 39:18 ^b, 22 ^c; 41:29 ^d). These images illustrate how God scorns the opposition of a man like Job (see Ps 2:4 ^e).
Summary for Job 39:9-12: 39:9-12 ^f Now extinct and already rare by Moses’ time, the wild ox was the most powerful land animal in early Canaan. This Old Testament symbol of strength (Num 23:22 ^g; 24:8 ^h; Deut 33:17 ⁱ; Pss 29:6 ^j; 92:10 ^k) was never tamed (cp. Gen 1:28 ^l; 9:2 ^m; Ps 8:5-6 ⁿ).