Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 drive the needy off the road: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 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. 6 They reap every one his grain in the field: and they gather the vineyard of the wicked.
Names
Cross References
Job 39:5-7
Who has let the wild donkey go free? or who has loosed the bonds of the wild donkey?
Psalm 104:23
Man goes forth unto his work and to his labor until the evening.
Genesis 16:12
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.
Genesis 27:40
And by your sword shall you live, and shall serve your brother; and it shall come to pass when you shall have the dominion, that you shall break his yoke from off your neck.
Job 5:5
Whose harvest the hungry eats up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the robber swallows up their wealth.
Job 12:6
The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God brings abundantly.
Job 24:14
The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Proverbs 4:16
For they sleep not, unless they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause someone to fall.
Jeremiah 2:24
A wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs in the wind in her desire; in her mating time who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
Hosea 7:6
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie 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, a wild donkey alone by itself: Ephraim has hired lovers.
Micah 2:1
Woe to them that 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 princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave not a bone till the morning.
John 18:28
Then led they Jesus from Caiaphas unto the hall of judgment: and it was early; and they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled; but that they might eat the passover.
Acts 23:12
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.