Dictionary entry

Ass, The Wild

R. A. Torrey's New Topical Textbook

Inhabits wild and solitary places Job 39:6; Isa 32:14; Da 5:21

Ranges the mountains for food Job 39:8

Brays when hungry Job 6:5

Suffers in time of scarcity Jer 14:6

DESCRIBED AS

Fond of liberty Job 39:5

Intractable Job 11:12

Unsocial Ho 8:9

Despises his pursuers Job 39:7

Supported by God Ps 104:10,11

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

Intractableness of natural man Job 11:12

The wicked in their pursuit of sin Job 24:5

Israel in their love of idols Jer 2:23,24

The Assyrian power Ho 8:9

The Ishmaelites (Hebrew) Ge 16:12