Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 will turn the needy from the Way: the poor of the earth hid themselves together. 5 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. 6 In the field they will harvest his meslin, and they will glean the vintage of the unjust one.
Names
Cross References
Job 39:5-7
Who sent the wild ass free? and who opened the bonds of the wild ass?
Psalm 104:23
Man will go forth to his work, and to his labor even to evening.
Genesis 16:12
And he shall be an unrestrained man; his hand against every one, and every one's hand against him; and before the face of all his brethren shall he dwell.
Genesis 27:40
And by thy sword shalt thou live and shalt serve thy brother: and it shall be when thou shalt wander about and thou shalt break his yoke from thy neck.
Job 5:5
Which his harvest the hungry one will devour, and not from thorns shall they take it, and destruction gaped after their substance.
Job 12:6
The tents to those oppressing will be secure, and confidence to those provoking God to anger: whom God will bring into his hand
Job 24:14
The murderer will rise by light; he will kill the poor and needy; and in the night he will be as a thief.
Proverbs 4:16
For they slept not, if they shall not do evil; and their sleep was taken away, if they shall not cause to falter.
Jeremiah 2:24
A wild ass accustomed to the desert in gratifying her soul, panting after the wind in her heat; who shall turn her back? all seeking her will not be wearied; in her new moon they shall find her.
Hosea 7:6
For they drew near their heart as a furnace in their lying in wait: all the night their baker slept; in the morning it burnt as the fire of flame.
Hosea 8:9
For they went up to Assur, Ephraim a wild ass alone to himself: they hired those loving.
Micah 2:1
Wo to them purposing vanity, and working evil upon their beds! In the light of the morning they will do it because it is to the strength of their hand.
Zephaniah 3:3
Her chiefs in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges evening wolves; they laid not up for the morning.
John 18:28
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas to the pretorium: and it was early morning; and they came not into the pretorium, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the pascha.
Acts 23:12
And it being day, certain of the Jews having made a condition, anathematized themselves, saying, neither to eat or drink till they kill Paul.