Job 24:5
Others, like wild asses in the desert, go forth to their work; by watching for prey, they obtain bread for their children.
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4They have undermined the way of the poor, and have pressed together the meek of the earth.
6They reap a field that is not their own, and they harvest a vineyard that they have taken by force.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12He will be a wild man. His hand will be against all, and all hands will be against him. And he will pitch his tents away from the region of all his brothers.”
Job 5:5Their harvest, the starving will eat. The armed man will rob him, and the thirsty will drink his resources.
Job 24:14The killer of men rises at first light; he executes the destitute and the poor, but, in truth, he is like a thief in the night.
Psalms 104:23And Israel entered into Egypt, and Jacob became a sojourner in the land of Ham.
Jeremiah 2:24A wild donkey accustomed to solitude, out of the desire in his soul, caught the scent of his lover. Now nothing will turn him away from her. All those who seek her will not cease. But they will find her in her menstruation.
Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assur, a wild ass alone by himself. Ephraim has given presents to his 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 →