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.


In Context

2 Some remove the landmarks: they violently take away flocks, and their feed.

3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

5 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.

6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:5Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread 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 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.