Job 24:5
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Job 24:5 in other translations
| BSB | Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children. |
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| WEB | Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children. |
| ASV | Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children. |
| YLT | Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself--food for young ones. |
| DARBY | Lo, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children. |
| BBE | Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children. |
| Webster | Behold, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. |
What does Job 24:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 24:2-25
2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 24:1-12
Job discourses further about the prosperity of the wicked. That many live at ease who are ungodly and profane, he had showed, ch. xxi. Here he shows that many who live in open defiance of all the laws of justice, succeed in wicked practices; and we do not see them reckoned with in this world. He notices those that do wrong under pretence of law and authority; and robbers, those that do wrong by force. He says, "God…
Job 24:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 24:5
- Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Psalms 104:23
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.
- Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
- Job 39:5-7
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings. He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
- Acts 23:12
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
- Hosea 7:6
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
- Genesis 27:40
And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
- Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
- Genesis 16:12
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
- Zephaniah 3:3
Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
- Hosea 8:9
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
- Jeremiah 2:24
A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
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Context
- Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
- Job 24:5
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
- Job 24:6
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
Job 24:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | He aquí, como asnos monteses en el desierto, salen á su obra madrugando para robar; el desierto es mantenimiento de sus hijos. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Voici, ânes sauvages dans le désert, ils sortent pour leur besogne dès le matin, pour chercher leur proie; le désert leur fournit le pain pour leurs enfants; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Siehe, wie Wildesel in der Wüste gehen sie aus an ihr Werk, eifrig nach Beute suchend; die Steppe liefert ihnen Brot für die Kinder. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Alii quasi onagri in deserto egrediuntur ad opus suum: vigilantes ad prædam, præparant panem liberis. |