“Then he adds, "Who has let the wild ass go free?" "Who has disposed things in this manner?" he says. "Who has established the laws of nature?" These are, he says, permanent laws that never change. This animal is strong and untamed. Even if you multiply your efforts, you will never have it under your control. "Who will…”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — COMMENTARY ON JOB 39:5A
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5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
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3They bow themselves, they bring forth their young ones, they cast out their sorrows.
4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.
— Job 39:5 —
6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.