Job 39:8

“The range of the mountains [is] his pasture, etc.] It ranges about the mountains for food; it looks about for it, as the word signifies, and tries first one place and then another to get some, it having short commons there; and he searcheth after every green thing; herb or plant, be it what it will that is green, it seeks after; and which being scarce in deserts and mountains, it searches about for and feeds upon it, wherever it can find it; grass being the peculiar food of these creatures, (see <180605>Job 6:5); and which is observed by naturalists f1363.”

“The range--literally, "searching," "that which it finds by searching is his pasture."”

“The range of the mountains is his pasture - The word rendered “range” יתור yâthûr, means properly a “searching out,” and then that which is obtained by search. The word “range” expresses the idea with sufficient exactness. The usual range of the wild ass is the mountains. Pallas, who has given a full description of the habits of the Onager, or wild ass, states, that it, especially loves desolate hills as its abode. “Acts of the Society of Sciences of Petersburg,” for the year 1777. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Mountains - He prefers that mean provision with his freedom, before the fattest pastures with servitude. Job 39:9”

“Job 40:15, Job 40:20-22; Gen 1:29, Gen 1:30; Psa 104:27, Psa 104:28, Psa 145:15, Psa 145:16 Job 39:9”