John Gill's Exposition on Job 39:7

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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He scorneth the multitude of the city, etc.] Choosing rather to be alone in the wilderness and free than to be among a multitude of men in a city, and be a slave as the tame ass; or it despises and defies a multitude of men, that may come out of cities to take it, Leo Africanus says f1358 it yields to none for swiftness but Barbary horses: according to Xenophon f1359, it exceeds the horse in swiftness; and when pursued by horsemen, it will outrun them, and stand still and rest till they come near it, and then start again; so that there is no taking it, unless many are employed. Aristotle f1360 says it excels in swiftness; and, according to Bochart f1361, it has its name in Hebrew from the Chaldee word adp, “to run”. Or it may be rendered, “the noise of the city”, so Cocceius; the stir and bustle in it, through a multiplicity of men in business; neither regardeth he the crying of the driver; or “hears” f1362: he neither feels his blows, nor hears his words; urging him to move faster and make quicker dispatch, as the tame ass does; he being neither ridden nor driven, nor drawing in a cart or plough.

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