Job 24:5
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.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 24 connects to 10 cross-references. Job asks why the Almighty does not set times of judgment in which the wicked are punished. He catalogs injustices that God apparently tolerates: the wicked move boundary stones, oppress the poor, take widows as pledges, and murderers operate under …
Other Translations
Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wildernessyieldeththem bread for their children.
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.
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.
Cross References
A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can …
And when it was day, certain of the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they …
He scorneth the multitude of the city, neither regardeth he the crying of the driver.
Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their …
For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the …
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.