American Standard Version
Job 24:5
5Behold, as wild asses in the desertThey go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food;The wildernessyieldeththem bread for their children.
Job 24:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poor go out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, They go out to their work, searching for food. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
Context of Job 24:5
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge. 4They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wildernessyieldeththem bread for their children. 6They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. 7They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
Read all of Job 24Job 24:5 word by word
הֵ֤ן פְּרָאִ֨ים׀ בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר יָצְא֣וּ בְּ֭פָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י לַטָּ֑רֶף עֲרָבָ֥ה ל֥וֹ לֶ֝֗חֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃Read the interlinear
- wildפֶּ֫רֶאpere' pereh · wild donkeyH6501
- desertעֲרָבָה‛ărâbâh · plainH6160
- goיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
- workפֹּ֫עַלpô‛al · workH6467
- seekingשָׁחַרshâchar · to seekH7836
- foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
- wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
- breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
Cross-references for Job 24:5
- Job 39:5Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass,
- Jeremiah 2:24a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? 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.
- Job 24:14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
- Proverbs 4:16For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
- Hosea 7:6For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
- Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Zephaniah 3:3Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.
- John 18:28They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Prætorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Prætorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.
- Acts 23:12And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
- Job 5:5Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.
- Job 12:6The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- Genesis 16:12And he shall be as a wild ass among men; his hand shall be against every man, and every man’s hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.
- Genesis 27:40And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.
Commentaries on Job 24:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Rising betimes for a prey - The general sense here seems plain enough. There are some who live a lawless roaming life: make a predatory life their employment; for this purpose, frequent the wilderness, where they seize on and appropriate whatsoever they find, and by this method they and their families are supported. Mr. Good says: "The sense has never yet been understood by any commentator;" and hence he proposes a different division of the words, placing…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Behold, as wild asses in the desert - In regard to the wild ass, see the notes at Job 6:5. Schultens, Good, Noyes, and Wemyss, understand this, not as referring to the haughty tyrants themselves, but to the oppressed and needy wretches whom they had driven from society, and compelled to seek a precarious subsistence, like the wild ass, in the desert. They suppose that the meaning is, that these outcasts go to their daily toil seeking roots and vegetables…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-17This list of criminal behaviors first emphasizes crimes against weak people (24:2–12). Then it examines the criminals themselves (24:13–17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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