Job 24:5

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 donkeys owned by the fatherless and take the widow’s ox as collateral. 4They push the needy off the road; the poor of the land are forced into hiding. Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the desert provides nourishment for their children. 6They gather their fodder in the field and glean the vineyards of the wicked. 7Without clothing, they spend the night naked, having no covering against the cold.

Job 24:5 word by word

הֵ֤ן פְּרָאִ֨ים׀ בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר יָצְא֣וּ בְּ֭פָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י לַטָּ֑רֶף עֲרָבָ֥ה ל֥וֹ לֶ֝֗חֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• wild assesפֶּ֫רֶאpere' pereh · wild donkeyH6501
• in the desertמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• go they forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• to their workפֹּ֫עַלpô‛al · workH6467
• rising betimesשָׁחַרshâchar · to seekH7836
• for a preyטֶ֫רֶףţereph · preyH2964
• the wildernessעֲרָבָה‛ărâbâh · plainH6160
• foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
• childrenנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288

Cross-references for Job 24:5

• Job 39:5Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the swift donkey from its harness?
• Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey at home in the wilderness. She sniffs the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can control her passion? All who look for her will not become weary; they will find her in her mating season.
• Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey going off on its own. Ephraim has paid for love.
• Job 24:14The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.
• Proverbs 4:16For they can’t sleep unless they have done what is evil; they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
• Hosea 7:6For they — their hearts like an oven — draw him into their oven. Their anger smolders all night; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans on their beds! At morning light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
• Zephaniah 3:3The princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are wolves of the night, which leave nothing for the morning.
• John 18:28Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor’s headquarters. It was early morning. They did not enter the headquarters themselves; otherwise they would be defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
• Acts 23:12When it was morning, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
• Job 5:5The hungry consume his harvest, even taking it out of the thorns. The thirsty pant for his children’s wealth.
• Job 12:6The tents of robbers are safe, and those who trouble God are secure; God holds them in his hands.
• Genesis 16:12This man will be like a wild donkey. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand will be against him; he will settle near all his relatives.”
• Genesis 27:40You will live by your sword, and you will serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will break his yoke from your 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

Topics related to Job 24:5

• Animals
• Ass (Donkey)
• Dishonesty
• Homicide
• Wicked (People)

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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