Job 39:6

Job 39:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
• New International Version (NIV)I gave it the wasteland as its home, the salt flats as its habitat.
• English Standard Version (ESV)to whom I have given the arid plain for his home and the salt land for his dwelling place?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the barren land his dwelling?

Context of Job 39:6

4Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They leave and do not return to them. 5“Who sent out the wild donkey free [from dependence on man]? And who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey [to survive in the wild], To whom I gave the wilderness as his home And the salt land as his dwelling place? 7He scorns the tumult of the city, And does not hear the shouting of the taskmaster. 8He explores the mountains as his pasture And searches after every green thing.

Job 39:6 word by word

אֲשֶׁר־שַׂ֣מְתִּי עֲרָבָ֣ה בֵית֑וֹ וּֽמִשְׁכְּנוֹתָ֥יו מְלֵֽחָה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Whose houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• I have madeשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• the wildernessעֲרָבָה‛ărâbâh · plainH6160
• and the barrenמְלֵחָהmelêchâh · saltinessH4420
• land his dwellingsמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908

Cross-references for Job 39:6

• Deuteronomy 29:23‘The whole land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it; it is like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and wrath.’
• Psalms 107:34A productive land into a [barren] salt waste, Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.
• Jeremiah 17:6For he will be like a shrub in the [parched] desert; And shall not see prosperity when it comes, But shall live in the rocky places of the wilderness, In an uninhabited salt land.
• Ezekiel 47:11But its swamps and marshes will not become fresh [and wholesome for animal life]; they will [as the river subsides] be left encrusted with salt.

Commentaries on Job 39:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Whose house - Habitation, or place of resort. The barren land - מלחה melechah, the salt land, or salt places, as in the margin. See above.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Whose house I have made - God had appointed its home in the desert. And the barren land his dwellings - Margin, as in Hebrew “salt places.” Such places were usually barren. Psalm 107:34, “he turneth a fruitful land into barrenness.” Hebrew “saltness.” Thus, Virgil, Geor. ii. 238-240: Salsa antem tellus, et quae, perhibetur amara. Frugibus infelix: ea nec mansuescit arando; Nec Baccho genus, aut pomis sua nomina servat. Compare Pliny, Nat. His. 31,7…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-7the wild donkey … scorns the tumult of the city: This is the first example in a series of animals that think little of other animals not their equal (compare 39:18, 22; 41:29). These images show how God scorns the opposition of a person like Job (see Psalm 2:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. barren--literally, "salt," that is, unfruitful. (So Psa 107:34, Margin.)Read the comment

Topics related to Job 39:6

• God

In the dictionaries

• Abide
• Ass
• Harrow
• Liking
• Mount
• Paw
• Wisdom
• Barren; Barrenness
• Champaign
• Eagle

Commentaries on Job 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings