Job 24:5

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.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

4They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.

6They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;

Read all of Job 24

Cross References

Genesis 16:12And he will be a wild-ass of a man, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell before the face of all his brethren.

Job 5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh even out of the thorns; and the snare gapeth for his substance.

Job 24:14The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

Psalms 104:23Man goeth forth unto his work, and to his labour until the evening.

Jeremiah 2:24a wild ass, used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire! In her ardour, who shall turn her away? All they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

Hosea 8:9For they are gone up [to] Assyria [as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath 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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 24:5