Job 24:5

Behold, as wild asses in the wilderness they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; the desert yieldeth them bread for their children.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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 poor of the earth hide themselves together.

6They cut his provender in the field; and they despoil the vineyard of the wicked.

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Cross References

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

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

Job 24:14The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; and in the night he 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; her lust, who can hinder it? 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, like 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 →

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