Job 24:5
Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself — food for young ones.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
4They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
6In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
Cross References
Genesis 16:12and he is a wild-ass man, his hand against every one, and every one's hand against him — and before the face of all his brethren he dwelleth.'
Job 5:5Whose harvest the hungry doth eat, And even from the thorns taketh it, And the designing swallowed their wealth.
Job 24:14At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
Psalms 104:23Man goeth forth to his work, And to his service — till evening.
Jeremiah 2:24A wild ass accustomed to a wilderness, In the desire of her soul she hath swallowed up wind, Her meeting — who doth turn her back? None seeking her do weary themselves, In her month they find her.
Hosea 8:9For they — they have gone up [to] Asshur, A wild ass 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 →