⁵ Doth the wild ass bray when he hath grass? or loweth the ox over his fodder?

¹² For vain men would be wise, though man be born like a wild ass's colt.

⁵ Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

⁵ Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

¹¹ They give drink to every beast of the field: the wild asses quench their thirst.

²⁴ A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

⁹ For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.