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.
KJV
Alii quasi onagri in deserto egrediuntur ad opus suum : vigilantes ad prædam, præparant panem liberis.
Vulgate
ἀπέβησαν δὲ ὥσπερ ὄνοι ἐν ἀγρῷ, ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἐξελθόντες τὴν ἑαυτῶν τάξιν· ἡδύνθη αὐτῷ ἄρτος εἰς νεωτέρους.
LXX
Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wildernessyieldeththem bread for their children.
ASV
הֵ֤ן פְּרָאִ֨ים בַּֽ/מִּדְבָּ֗ר יָצְא֣וּ בְּ֭/פָעֳלָ/ם מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י לַ/טָּ֑רֶף עֲרָבָ֥ה ל֥/וֹ לֶ֝֗חֶם לַ/נְּעָרִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Job 5:5 — Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.
- Job 30:3 — For want and famine they were solitary; fleeing into the wilderness in former time desolate and waste.
- Job 39:5 — Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
- Job 39:5 — Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?
- Job 39:6 — Whose house I have made the wilderness, and the barren land his dwellings.
- Mic 2:1 — 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.
- Ps 104:23 — Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.