Job 24:5 “Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging…”

Job 24:5

Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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.

Darby Translation

Lo, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] them food for [their] children.

Young's Literal Translation

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.

Bible in Basic English

Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.

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Cross references

“wild asses”

Job 39:5–7 Jeremiah 2:24 Hosea 8:9

Job 39:5–7 · BSB

Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from the harness?

Jeremiah 2:24 · BSB

a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.

Hosea 8:9 · BSB

For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.

“rising”

Micah 2:1 Job 24:14 Proverbs 4:16 Hosea 7:6 Zephaniah 3:3 John 18:28

Micah 2:1 · BSB

Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.

Job 24:14 · BSB

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

Proverbs 4:16 · BSB

For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

Hosea 7:6 · BSB

For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

Zephaniah 3:3 · BSB

Her princes are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves, leaving nothing for the morning.

John 18:28 · BSB

Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

“the wilderness”

Job 5:5 Job 12:6 Genesis 16:12 Genesis 27:40

Job 5:5 · BSB

The hungry consume his harvest, taking it even from the thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.

Job 12:6 · BSB

The tents of robbers are safe, and those who provoke God are secure— those who carry their god in their hands.

Genesis 16:12 · BSB

He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”

Genesis 27:40 · BSB

You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

Also

Psalm 104:23

Psalm 104:23 · BSB

Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

6They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

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