Job 39:5
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
Cross-references
Job 39:10 continues the same theme — asking if a wild donkey can be tamed for plowing, reinforcing its untamable nature.
Job 6:5 also uses the wild donkey — there as a metaphor for complaint, here as a creature God sets free.
In Genesis 16:12, Ishmael is called a 'wild donkey of a man' — the same metaphor for untamed independence used here for the actual animal.
Psalm 104:11 shows God providing water for wild donkeys — the same creatures whose freedom He celebrates here.
Jeremiah 2:24 portrays a wild donkey in heat, unrestrained — echoing the untamable freedom described here.
Hosea 8:9 compares Ephraim to a 'wild donkey wandering alone' — the same image of solitary freedom used here.
Jeremiah 14:6 shows wild donkeys suffering in drought — contrasting with the freedom and provision implied here.
Daniel 5:21 has Nebuchadnezzar dwelling with wild donkeys — a human humbled to share the animal's wild state.