5Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.


In Context

2 Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.

3 They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.

4 They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.

5 Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.

6 They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.

7 They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:

Job 24:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:5Behold, [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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:5Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:5Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:5Lo, 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:5Behold, as wild asses in the desert they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for meat; the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:5Behold, 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:5Behold, 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 Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:5Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself — food for young ones.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.