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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.
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.
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
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Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 24:5
Verse Info
Context Readings
Job's Eighth Speech, Continued
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They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
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Cross References
Job 39:5-7
"Who has let the wild donkey go free? Who has loosed the bonds of the swift donkey,
Psalm 104:23
Man goes out to his work and to his labor until the evening.
Genesis 16:12
He shall be a wild donkey of a man, his hand against everyone and everyone's hand against him, and he shall dwell over against all his kinsmen."
Genesis 27:40
By your sword you shall live, and you shall serve your brother; but when you grow restless you shall break his yoke from your neck."
Job 5:5
The hungry eat his harvest, and he takes it even out of thorns, and the thirsty pant after his wealth.
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers are at peace, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their hand.
Job 24:14
The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.
Proverbs 4:16
For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong; they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
Jeremiah 2:24
a wild donkey used to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind! Who can restrain her lust? None who seek her need weary themselves; in her month they will find her.
Hosea 7:6
For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
Hosea 8:9
For they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey wandering alone; Ephraim has hired lovers.
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her officials within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves that leave nothing till the morning.
John 18:28
Then they led Jesus from the house of Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning. They themselves did not enter the governor's headquarters, so that they would not be defiled, but could eat the Passover.
Acts 23:12
When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath neither to eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.