5. wild ass--Two different Hebrew words are here used for the
same animal, "the ass of the woods" and "the wild ass."
(See on
Job 6:5;
Job 11:12;
Job 24:5;
and
Jer 2:24).
loosed the bands--given its liberty to. Man can rob animals of
freedom, but not, as God, give freedom, combined with subordination to
fixed laws.
JFB.
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