Job 24:5
Behold, wild donkeys in a wilderness, || They have gone out about their work, || Seeking early for prey, || A mixture for himself—food for young ones.
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4They turn aside the needy from the way, || Together have hid the poor of the earth.
6They reap his provender in a field, || And they glean the vineyard of the wicked.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12and he is a wild-donkey man, his hand against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him—and before the face of all his brothers he dwells.”
Job 5:5Whose harvest the hungry eat, || And even take it from the thorns, || And the designing swallowed their wealth.
Job 24:14The murderer rises at the light, || He slays the poor and needy, || And in the night he is as a thief.
Psalms 104:23Man goes forth to his work, || And to his service—until evening.
Jeremiah 2:24A wild donkey accustomed to a wilderness, || She has swallowed up wind in the desire of her soul, || Her meeting—who turns her back? None seeking her weary themselves, || In her month they find her.
Hosea 8:9For they have gone up [to] Asshur, || A wild donkey alone by himself [is] Ephraim, || They have 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 →