Job 39:6

The LORD Speaks of His Creation

5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness? 6I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling. 7He scorns the tumult of the city and never hears the shouts of a driver.

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Berean Standard Bible
I made the wilderness his home and the salt flats his dwelling.
American Standard Version (1901)
Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place?
Bible in Basic English
To whom I have given the waste land for a heritage, and the salt land as a living-place.
Free Bible Version
I have given it the wilderness as its home, the salt plains as a place to live.
King James (Authorized) Version
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
Translation for Translators
I am the one who put them in the desert, in places where grass does not grow.
Unlocked Literal Bible
whose home I have made in the Arabah, his house in the salt land?
Noah Webster Bible
Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
World English Bible
whose home I have made the wilderness, and the salt land his dwelling place?
Young's Literal Translation
Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,