Job 24:5
Behold, others as wilde asses in the wildernesse, goe forth to their businesse, and rise early for a praye: the wildernesse giueth him and his children foode.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
6They reape his prouision in the fielde, but they gather the late vintage of the wicked.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12And he shalbe a wilde man: his hande shall be against euery man, and euery mans hand against him. and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Job 5:5The hungrie shall eate vp his haruest: yea, they shall take it from among the thornes, and the thirstie shall drinke vp their substance.
Job 24:14The murtherer riseth earely and killeth the poore and the needie: and in the night he is as a theefe.
Psalms 104:23Then goeth man forth to his worke, and to his labour vntill the euening.
Jeremiah 2:24And as a wilde asse, vsed to the wildernesse, that snuffeth vp the winde by occasion at her pleasure: who can turne her backe? all they that seeke her, will not wearie themselues, but wil finde her in her moneth.
Hosea 8:9For they are gone vp to Asshur: they are as a wilde asse alone by himselfe: Ephraim hath hired louers.
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 →