Job 24:5

And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to his little ones.

Brenton Septuagint

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 have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.

6They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: the poor have laboured in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:12He shall be a wild man, his hands against all, and the hands of all against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Job 5:5For what they have collected, the just shall eat; but they shall not be delivered out of calamities: let their strength be utterly exhausted.

Job 24:14But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:

Psalms 104:23Israel also came into Egypt, and Jacob sojourned in the land of Cham.

Jeremiah 2:24she has extended her ways over the waters of the desert; she was hurried along by the lusts of her soul; she is given up to them, who will turn her back? none that seek her shall be weary; at the time of her humiliation they shall find her.

Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to the Assyrians: Ephraim has been strengthened against himself; they loved gifts.

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 →

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