Job 24:5

Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor have to scavenge for their food, looking for anything to feed their children in the wasteland.

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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 push the poor out of their way; the destitute are forced to hide from them.

6They are forced to find what they can in other people's fields, to glean among the vineyards of the wicked.

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Cross References

Genesis 16:12He'll be a wild donkey kind of man—he will fight with everyone, and everyone will fight with him. He will forever be fighting with his relatives.”

Job 5:5The hungry eat everything he has harvested, taking even that protected by a thorn hedge, while others look to steal his wealth.

Job 24:14The murderer gets up at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and when night falls he becomes a thief.

Psalms 104:23Then people leave for work, working until the evening.

Jeremiah 2:24You're a female donkey living in the desert, sniffing the wind for a mate because she's in heat. No one can control her at mating time. All those who're looking for her won't have trouble finding her when she's in heat.

Hosea 8:9They have gone up to Assyria like a donkey wandering alone. 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 →

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