Job 24:5
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness [yields] them bread for their sons.
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In Context
4They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
6They cut their provender in the field, and they glean the vintage of the wicked.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12And he will be a wild donkey among men, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brothers.
Job 5:5whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.
Job 24:14The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.
Psalms 104:23Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind in her desire. In her time of estrus who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month they shall find her.
Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria [like] a wild donkey alone by himself. Ephraim has hired lovers.
Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13
Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →