What does Job 39:6 mean?

Job 39:6 highlights themes such as creation, wilderness, desolation when read in context.

How should I apply Job 39:6 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

4Their young ones are in good liking, they grow up with corn; they go forth, and return not unto them.

5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?

6Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.

7He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.

8The range of the mountains is his pasture, and he searcheth after every green thing.

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Isaiah 43:20
Both verses reference God's provision in desolate places.
Psalm 104:25
This verse speaks of the vastness of creation, similar to Job's description.
Matthew 4:1
Jesus' time in the wilderness connects to the themes of desolation in Job.