Job 39:6

“Whose house I have made the wilderness, etc.] Appointed that to be his place of residence, as being agreeable to his nature, at a distance from men, and in the less danger of being brought into subjection by them. Such were the deserts of Arabia; where, as Xenophon f1354 relates, were many of these creatures, and which he represents as very swift: and Leo Africanus f1355 says, great numbers of them are found in deserts, and on the borders of deserts; hence said to be used to the wilderness (<240224>Jeremiah 2:24); and the barren land his dwellings; not entirely barren, for then it could not live there; but comparatively, with respect to land that is fruitful: or “salt land” f1356; for, as…”

“barren--literally, "salt," that is, unfruitful. (So Psa 107:34, Margin.)”

“Whose 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. Psalms 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, Deuteronomy 29:23. return to 'Top of Page'”

“barren land: Heb. salt places, Deu 29:23; Psa 107:34; Jer 17:6; Eze 47:11 Job 39:7”