Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness [yields] them bread for their sons.
New American Standard Bible
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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.
Holman Bible
the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;
the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.
International Standard Version
"Look! Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they work diligently as they seek wild game in the desert, food for them and their young ones.
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.
Amplified
“Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,
The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food;
As bread for their children in the desert.
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.
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.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, wild asses in the desert will go forth in their work, seeking for prey: the sterile region bread for him, and for the young.
King James 2000
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising early for a prey: the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"Look, [like] wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor [as] searchers for the prey; [the] wilderness [is] {their} food for the young.
Modern King James verseion
Behold, like wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, rising early for a prey. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, even as the wild asses in the desert go they forth to their work, and rise betimes to spoil: Yea, the very wilderness ministereth food for them and their children. by times, as their manner is, to spoil: Yea the very wilderness ministereth food for their children.
NET Bible
Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.
New Heart English Bible
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! as wild asses in the wilderness, they go forth with their work, eager seekers for prey, the waste plain, yieldeth them food for their young;
Webster
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, they go 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 forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
Youngs 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.
Themes
wild Donkey » Illustrative of » The wicked in their pursuit of sin
Creditors » Often cruel in exacting debts
Herbs » Found in » The deserts
References
Fausets
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
4 They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves. 5 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness [yields] them bread for their sons. 6 They cut their provender in the field, and they glean the vintage of the wicked.
Names
Cross References
Job 39:5-7
Who has sent out the wild donkey free? Or who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey
Psalm 104:23
Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.
Genesis 16:12
And he will be a wild donkey among men, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brothers.
Genesis 27:40
And by thy sword thou shall live, and thou shall serve thy brother. And it shall come to pass, when thou shall break loose, that thou shall shake his yoke from off thy neck.
Job 5:5
whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].
Job 24:14
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.
Proverbs 4:16
For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.
Jeremiah 2:24
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind in her desire. In her time of estrus who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month they shall find her.
Hosea 7:6
For they have made their heart ready like an oven, while they lay in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.
Hosea 8:9
For they have gone up to Assyria [like] a wild donkey alone by himself. Ephraim has hired lovers.
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her rulers in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morrow.
John 18:28
They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. And it was early, and they did not enter into the Praetorium, so that they would not be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.
Acts 23:12
And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul.