Job 24:5

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Job 39:5-7 : 5 Who hath sent out the wild ass free? Or who hath loosed the bonds of the swift ass, 6 Whose home I have made the wilderness, And the salt land his dwelling-place? 7 He scorneth the tumult of the city, Neither heareth he the shoutings of the driver.
  • Ps 104:23 : 23 Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.
  • Prov 4:16 : 16 For they sleep not, except they do evil; And their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall.
  • Jer 2:24 : 24 a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.
  • Hos 7:6 : 6 For they have made ready their heart like an oven, while they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.
  • Hos 8:9 : 9 For they are gone up to Assyria, [like] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.
  • Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her princes in the midst of her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they leave nothing till the morrow.
  • John 18:28 : 28 They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium: and it was early; and they themselves entered not into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.
  • Acts 23:12 : 12 And when it was day, the Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat nor drink till they had killed Paul.
  • Gen 16:12 : 12 And he shall be [as] a wild ass among men; his hand [shall be] against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell over against all his brethren.
  • Gen 27:40 : 40 And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt break loose, That thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.
  • Job 5:5 : 5 Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, And taketh it even out of the thorns; And the snare gapeth for their substance.
  • Job 12:6 : 6 The tents of robbers prosper, And they that provoke God are secure; Into whose hand God bringeth [abundantly] .
  • Job 24:14 : 14 The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

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    2There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

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    4Their young ones become strong, they grow up in the open field; They go forth, and return not again.

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  • Job 30:3-5
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    3They are gaunt with want and famine; They gnaw the dry ground, in the gloom of wasteness and desolation.

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    4His children are far from safety, And they are crushed in the gate, Neither is there any to deliver them:

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    9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

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    11They give drink to every beast of the field; The wild asses quench their thirst.

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    5Yea, the hind also in the field calveth, and forsaketh [her young], because there is no grass.

    6And the wild asses stand on the bare heights, they pant for air like jackals; their eyes fail, because there is no herbage.

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    15They shall wander up and down for food, And tarry all night if they be not satisfied.

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    24a wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffeth up the wind in her desire; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.

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    6The burden of the beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and anguish, from whence come the lioness and the lion, the viper and fiery flying serpent, they carry their riches upon the shoulders of young asses, and their treasures upon the humps of camels, to a people that shall not profit [them] .

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    3Even the jackals draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.

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    29their roaring shall be like a lioness, they shall roar like young lions; yea, they shall roar, and lay hold of the prey, and carry it away safe, and there shall be none to deliver.

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    24the oxen likewise and the young asses that till the ground shall eat savory provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fork.

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    4They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way; They found no city of habitation.

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    34So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

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    9We get our bread at the peril of our lives, Because of the sword of the wilderness.

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    22The sun ariseth, they get them away, And lay them down in their dens.

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    19Our pursuers were swifter than the eagles of the heavens: They chased us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.

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    7Among the bushes they bray; Under the nettles they are gathered together.

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    15And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, Or that the wild beast may trample them.

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    8They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.

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    16In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

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    20Blessed are yet that sow beside all waters, that send forth the feet of the ox and the ass.

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    9All ye beasts of the field, come to devour, [yea], all ye beasts in the forest.

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    40When they couch in their dens, [And] abide in the covert to lie in wait?

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    3A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and none hath escaped them.