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 orphan’s donkey. They take the widow’s ox as security for a loan. 4They force needy people off the road. All the poor people of the country go into hiding. Like wild donkeys in the desert, poor people go out to do their work, looking for food. The plains provide food for their children. 6They harvest animal food in the field ⌞to feed themselves⌟. They pick the leftover grapes in the wicked person’s vineyard. 7All night they lie naked without a covering from 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 39:5“Who lets the wild donkey go free? Who unties the ropes of the wild donkey?
• Jeremiah 2:24You are like a wild donkey that is used to the desert, sniffing the wind while in heat. All who look for you won’t get tired. They will find you during your monthly period.
• Hosea 8:9“The people of Israel went to Assyria. They were like wild donkeys wandering off alone. The people of Ephraim sold themselves to their lovers.
• Job 24:14At dawn murderers rise; they kill the poor and needy. At night they become thieves.
• Proverbs 4:16Wicked people cannot sleep unless they do wrong, and they are robbed of their sleep unless they make someone stumble.
• Hosea 7:6They become hot like an oven while they lie in ambush. All night long their anger smolders, but in the morning it burns like a raging fire.
• Micah 2:1How horrible it will be for those who invent trouble and work out plans for disaster while in bed. When the morning dawns, they carry out their plans because they are able to.
• Zephaniah 3:3Its officials are ⌞like⌟ roaring lions. Its judges are ⌞like⌟ wolves in the evening. They leave nothing to gnaw on for the morning.
• John 18:28Early in the morning, Jesus was taken from Caiaphas’ house to the governor’s palace. The Jews wouldn’t go into the palace. They didn’t want to become unclean, since they wanted to eat the Passover.
• Acts 23:12In the morning the Jews formed a conspiracy. They asked God to curse them if they ate or drank anything before they had killed Paul.
• Job 5:5What a stubborn fool gathers, hungry people eat. They take it even from among the thorns, and thirsty people pant after his wealth.
• Job 12:6⌞But⌟ robbers’ tents are prosperous, and there is security for those who provoke God, for those whose god is their power.
• Genesis 16:12He will be as free and wild as an untamed donkey. He will fight with everyone, and everyone will fight with him. He will have conflicts with all his relatives.”
• Genesis 27:40You will use your sword to live, and you will serve your brother. But eventually you will gain your freedom and break his yoke off 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