Job 24:5
Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out for their work diligently seeking prey; the steppe provides food for their children.
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King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.
KJV1611 – Modern English
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, rising early for prey; the wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
King James Version 1611 (Original)
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.
American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers
Behold, as wild asses{H6501} in the desert{H4057} They go forth{H3318} to their work,{H6467} seeking diligently{H7836} for food;{H2964} The wilderness{H6160} [yieldeth] them bread{H3899} for their children.{H5288}
King James Version with Strong's Numbers
Behold, as wild asses{H6501} in the desert{H4057}, go they forth{H3318}{(H8804)} to their work{H6467}; rising betimes{H7836}{(H8764)} for a prey{H2964}: the wilderness{H6160} yieldeth food{H3899} for them and for their children{H5288}.
Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, the wilde asses in ye deserte go by tymes (as their maner is) to spoyle: Yee the very wildernesse ministreth foode for their children.
Geneva Bible (1560)
Behold, others as wilde asses in the wildernesse, goe forth to their businesse, and rise early for a praye: the wildernesse giueth him and his children foode.
Bishops' Bible (1568)
Beholde, as wilde asses in the desert go they foorth to their worke, & ryse betimes to spoyle: Yea the very wildernesse ministreth foode for them & their children.
Authorized King James Version (1611)
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.
Webster's Bible (1833)
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.
Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)
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.
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.
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.
Bible in Basic English (1941)
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.
World English Bible (2000)
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.
NET Bible® (New English Translation)
Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go out to their labor seeking diligently for food; the arid rift valley provides food for them and for their children.
Referenced Verses
- Job 39:5-7 : 5 Who set the wild donkey free? Who released the bonds of the onager? 6 I made the wilderness its home and the barren land its dwelling place. 7 It laughs at the commotion of the city; it does not hear the shouts of the driver.
- Ps 104:23 : 23 Man goes out to his work and to his labor until evening.
- Prov 4:16 : 16 For they cannot rest until they do evil; they are robbed of sleep until they make someone stumble.
- Jer 2:24 : 24 You are like a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, sniffing the wind in her desire. Who can restrain her in her mating season? None of those seeking her will grow weary; in her month, they will find her.
- Hos 7:6 : 6 Their hearts are like an oven as they plot; all night their anger smolders, in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.
- Hos 8:9 : 9 For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey wandering alone. Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.
- Mic 2:1 : 1 Woe to those who devise wickedness and plan evil on their beds! At dawn, they carry it out because they have the power to do it.
- Zeph 3:3 : 3 Her officials are roaring lions in her midst; her judges are wolves of the evening, leaving nothing for the morning.
- John 18:28 : 28 Then they led Jesus from Caiaphas to the governor's headquarters. It was early morning, and they did not enter the headquarters themselves to avoid becoming ceremonially unclean, so that they could eat the Passover.
- Acts 23:12 : 12 When daylight came, some of the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse, declaring that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
- Gen 16:12 : 12 He will be a wild man; his hand will be against everyone, and everyone's hand will be against him. He will live in hostility toward all his brothers.
- Gen 27:40 : 40 You will live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you grow restless, you will throw his yoke from off your neck.
- Job 5:5 : 5 The hungry devour his harvest, even taking it from among thorns; the thirsty swallow his wealth.
- Job 12:6 : 6 "The tents of robbers are at ease, and those who provoke God are secure, who bring their god in their own hand."
- Job 24:14 : 14 At daybreak, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy, and at night, he is like a thief.
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6 In the fields, they reap the fodder; they glean the vineyard of the wicked.
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11 They give drink to every wild animal; the wild donkeys quench their thirst.
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15 They return at evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.
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29 Their roar is like that of a lion; they roar like young lions. They growl and seize their prey and carry it off, with no one to rescue it.
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24 The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel.
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4 They wandered in the wilderness, in a desolate place; they found no way to a city where they could settle.
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34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber and need like an armed man.
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9 We risk our lives to bring in our bread because of the sword in the wilderness.
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10 May his children wander and beg, seeking food far from their ruined homes.
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5 Does a wild donkey bray when it has grass? Or does an ox low over its fodder?
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22 The sun rises, and they withdraw and lie down in their dens.
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9 They all come for violence; their faces are set to advance. They gather captives like sand.
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19 Our pursuers were swifter than eagles in the sky; they chased us over the mountains and lay in wait for us in the wilderness.
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7 Among the bushes they bray; under the nettles they huddle together.
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15 She forgets that a foot may crush them or a wild animal may trample them.
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8 They were like well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor's wife.
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11 They release their young like a flock, and their children skip about.
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9 All you wild animals of the field, come and devour, all you creatures of the forest.
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40 when they crouch in their dens or lie in wait in the thicket?
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17 They will consume your harvest and your bread, devour your sons and daughters, eat your flocks and herds, and consume your vines and fig trees. With the sword, they will destroy your fortified cities in which you trust.
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24 Wasted by famine, consumed by burning heat and bitter destruction, I will send against them the teeth of wild animals and the venom of creatures that crawl in the dust.
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8 yet she prepares her food in the summer and gathers her provisions at harvest.
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23 He wanders about for food, asking, 'Where is it?' He knows that the day of darkness is ready at hand.
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14 There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the poor from the earth and the needy from among mankind.
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3 Before them, fire devours; behind them, flames blaze. The land before them is like the Garden of Eden, but behind them, it is a desolate wilderness—nothing escapes them.