Tree of Life Version
Job 24:5
5Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert, they go about their work, foraging prey in the desert as food 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 orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox as a pledge. 4They turn the needy off the path; they force the poor of the land into hiding. Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert, they go about their work, foraging prey in the desert as food for their children. 6They reap their fodder in the field and glean in the vineyard of the wicked. 7Without clothing they spend the night naked, without covering against 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
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 sent the wild donkey free? Who released the bonds of the wild ass,
- Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey used to the wilderness— sniffing the wind in her passion— in her heat, who can restrain her? All males that pursue her will not tire themselves. At mating time they will find her.
- Hosea 8:9For they have gone up to Assyria, like a wild donkey alone by itself. Ephraim has hired lovers.
- Job 24:14The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night becomes a thief.
- Proverbs 4:16For they cannot sleep until they do evil. They are robbed of sleep until they make someone fall.
- Hosea 7:6For their hearts are like an oven, as they wait in ambush. All night their anger smolders. In the morning it burns like a blazing fire.
- Micah 2:1Oy to them who scheme wickedness, who work out evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning, they do it, for the power is in their hands.
- Zephaniah 3:3Her princes within her are roaring lions. Her judges are wolves of the night, leaving nothing but bones for morning.
- John 18:28Then they led Yeshua from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. It was early. They themselves did not enter the Praetorium, so they would not become unclean but might eat the Passover.
- Acts 23:12When it was day, the Judean leaders formed a conspiracy. They bound themselves by an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
- Job 5:5The hungry consumes his harvest, taking it even from among thorns, and the thirsty pants after their wealth.
- Job 12:6The tents of marauders prosper, and there is security for those who provoke God— for those whom God brings in His hand.
- Genesis 16:12He will be a wild donkey of a man. His hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him, and away from all his brothers will he dwell.
- Genesis 27:40By your sword shall you live, and your brother shall you serve. But when you tear yourself loose, you will tear 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
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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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