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the wasteland provides food for their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/24.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor must spend all their time looking for food, searching even in the desert for food for their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/24.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poor go out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/24.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/24.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Behold, <i>as</i> wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness <i>yieldeth</i> food for them <i>and</i> for <i>their</i> children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Indeed, <i>like</i> wild donkeys in the desert, They go out to their work, searching for food. The wilderness <i>yields</i> food for them <i>and</i> for <i>their</i> children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, <i>like</i> wild donkeys in the wilderness They go out scavenging for food in their activity, As bread for <i>their</i> children in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for <i>their</i> children in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food earnestly in their work, The desert becomes for him a <i>place of</i> bread for <i>his</i> young ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food; As bread for their children in the desert.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the desert provides nourishment for their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the wilderness provides nourishment for their children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />in the desert, where they and their children must live like wild donkeys and search for food. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Behold, as wild asses in the desert they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for meat; the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Like wild donkeys in the desert, poor people go out to do their work, looking for food. The plains provide food for their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So the poor, like wild donkeys, search for food in the dry wilderness; nowhere else can they find food for their children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"Look! Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they work diligently as they seek wild game in the desert, food for them and their young ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Look, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Behold, wild donkeys in a wilderness, "" They have gone out about their work, "" Seeking early for prey, "" A mixture for himself—food for young ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Behold, wild asses in the desert will go forth in their work, seeking for prey: the sterile region bread for him, and for the young.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Others, like wild asses in the desert, go forth to their work; by watching for prey, they obtain bread for their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go forth to their task of seeking prey; the steppe provides food for their young; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Like wild asses in the desert they go out to their toil, scavenging in the wasteland food for their young.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Behold, like wild asses in the desert, they go forth early seeking food for their young ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />As wild donkeys in the wilderness that rise early for food, for bread for their young<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Behold, as wild asses in the wilderness They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The desert yieldeth them bread for their children.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to <i>his</i> little ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/24-5.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3670" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/24.htm">Job: Judgment for the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">4</span>They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding. <span class="reftext">5</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2005.htm" title="2005: hên (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! A primitive particle; lo!; also if.">Indeed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6501.htm" title="6501: pə·rā·’îm (N-mp) -- A wild donkey. Or pereh; from para' in the secondary sense of running wild; the onager.">like wild donkeys</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: bam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the desert,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3318.htm" title="3318: yā·ṣə·’ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to go out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.">the poor go</a> <a href="/hebrew/6467.htm" title="6467: bə·p̄ā·‘o·lām (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3mp) -- Doing, deed, work. From pa'al; an act or work.">to work</a> <a href="/hebrew/7836.htm" title="7836: mə·ša·ḥă·rê (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mpc) -- To look early or diligently for. A primitive root; properly, to dawn, i.e. be early at any task; by extension, to search for.">foraging</a> <a href="/hebrew/2964.htm" title="2964: laṭ·ṭā·rep̄ (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- Prey, food, a leaf. From taraph; something torn, i.e. A fragment, e.g. A fresh leaf, prey, food.">for food;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6160.htm" title="6160: ‘ă·rā·ḇāh (N-fs) -- From arab; a desert; especially the sterile valley of the Jordan and its continuation to the Red Sea.">the wasteland</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: le·ḥem (N-ms) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">is food</a> <a href="/hebrew/5288.htm" title="5288: lan·nə·‘ā·rîm (Prep-l, Art:: N-mp) -- A boy, lad, youth, retainer. From na'ar; a boy, from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also, a girl.">for their children.</a> </span><span class="reftext">6</span>They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/104-21.htm">Psalm 104:21</a></span><br />The young lions roar for their prey and seek their food from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/6-6.htm">Proverbs 6:6-8</a></span><br />Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. / Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, / it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/32-14.htm">Isaiah 32:14</a></span><br />For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned. The hill and the watchtower will become caves forever—the delight of wild donkeys and a pasture for flocks—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Jeremiah 2:24</a></span><br />a wild donkey at home in the wilderness, sniffing the wind in the heat of her desire. Who can restrain her passion? All who seek her need not weary themselves; in mating season they will find her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Hosea 8:9</a></span><br />For they have gone up to Assyria like a wild donkey on its own. Ephraim has hired lovers.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-9.htm">Lamentations 5:9</a></span><br />We get our bread at the risk of our lives because of the sword in the wilderness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/genesis/16-12.htm">Genesis 16:12</a></span><br />He will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-9.htm">Psalm 10:9</a></span><br />He lies in wait like a lion in a thicket; he lurks to seize the oppressed; he catches the lowly in his net.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/56-9.htm">Isaiah 56:9</a></span><br />Come, all you beasts of the field; eat greedily, all you beasts of the forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/34-8.htm">Ezekiel 34:8</a></span><br />‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because My flock lacks a shepherd and has become prey and food for every wild beast, and because My shepherds did not search for My flock but fed themselves instead,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/6-26.htm">Matthew 6:26</a></span><br />Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-24.htm">Luke 12:24</a></span><br />Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/8-20.htm">Matthew 8:20</a></span><br />Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Hebrews 11:37-38</a></span><br />They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. / The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-4.htm">James 5:4</a></span><br />Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Behold, 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.</p><p class="hdg">wild asses</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/39-5.htm">Job 39:5-7</a></b></br> Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Jeremiah 2:24</a></b></br> A wild ass used to the wilderness, <i>that</i> snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/8-9.htm">Hosea 8:9</a></b></br> For they are gone up to Assyria, a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.</p><p class="hdg">rising</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/24-14.htm">Job 24:14</a></b></br> The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/4-16.htm">Proverbs 4:16</a></b></br> For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause <i>some</i> to fall.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/7-6.htm">Hosea 7:6</a></b></br> For they have made ready their heart like an oven, whiles they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire.</p><p class="hdg">the wilderness</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-5.htm">Job 5:5</a></b></br> Whose harvest the hungry eateth up, and taketh it even out of the thorns, and the robber swalloweth up their substance.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-6.htm">Job 12:6</a></b></br> The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth <i>abundantly</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/16-12.htm">Genesis 16:12</a></b></br> And he will be a wild man; his hand <i>will be</i> against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/47-6.htm">Activity</a> <a href="/job/1-14.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/job/8-5.htm">Betimes</a> <a href="/job/23-12.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/job/21-21.htm">Care</a> <a href="/job/21-19.htm">Children</a> <a href="/job/1-19.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/job/21-2.htm">Diligently</a> <a href="/job/24-3.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/job/20-4.htm">Early</a> <a href="/job/23-12.htm">Food</a> <a href="/job/23-10.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/job/10-3.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-3.htm">Mixture</a> <a href="/job/21-33.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/job/24-4.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/job/17-5.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/job/16-8.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/esther/10-3.htm">Seeking</a> <a href="/job/20-18.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/job/20-7.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/job/6-18.htm">Wasteland</a> <a href="/job/11-12.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/job/12-24.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/job/23-9.htm">Work</a> <a href="/job/14-10.htm">Yieldeth</a> <a href="/nehemiah/9-37.htm">Yields</a> <a href="/job/21-11.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/3-1.htm">Activity</a> <a href="/job/30-7.htm">Asses</a> <a href="/proverbs/13-24.htm">Betimes</a> <a href="/job/27-14.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/job/32-13.htm">Care</a> <a href="/job/24-9.htm">Children</a> <a href="/job/30-3.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/job/27-22.htm">Diligently</a> <a href="/job/42-12.htm">Donkeys</a> <a href="/job/33-25.htm">Early</a> <a href="/job/24-10.htm">Food</a> <a href="/job/24-14.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/job/37-7.htm">Labor</a> <a href="/job/41-31.htm">Mixture</a> <a href="/job/24-13.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/job/24-9.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/job/24-21.htm">Prey</a> <a href="/job/24-14.htm">Rising</a> <a href="/psalms/9-10.htm">Seeking</a> <a href="/psalms/90-10.htm">Toil</a> <a href="/job/30-3.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/job/38-27.htm">Wasteland</a> <a href="/job/37-8.htm">Wild</a> <a href="/job/30-3.htm">Wilderness</a> <a href="/job/31-3.htm">Work</a> <a href="/proverbs/12-12.htm">Yieldeth</a> <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Yields</a> <a href="/job/24-9.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Job 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-1.htm">Wickedness often goes unpunished</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-17.htm">There is a secret judgment for the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Wild donkeys in biblical times were known for their independence and resilience in harsh environments, often found in the arid regions of the Middle East. This imagery highlights the struggle for survival faced by the poor, who, like these animals, must navigate a barren and unforgiving landscape. The desert symbolizes a place of desolation and scarcity, reflecting the dire circumstances of those who are marginalized and oppressed.<p><b>the poor go to work foraging for food</b><br>The act of foraging indicates a subsistence lifestyle, where the poor must actively search for their daily sustenance. This reflects the broader biblical theme of the struggle against poverty and the need for provision. In ancient times, foraging was a common practice among those who did not have access to cultivated land or resources. This phrase underscores the lack of security and stability in the lives of the impoverished, who must rely on their own efforts to meet their basic needs. It also echoes the biblical principle of gleaning, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/19-9.htm">Leviticus 19:9-10</a>, where the poor were allowed to gather leftover crops from the fields.<p><b>the wasteland is food for their children</b><br>The wasteland, typically a barren and unproductive area, becomes a source of sustenance for the children of the poor. This highlights the desperation and resourcefulness required to survive in such conditions. The mention of children emphasizes the generational impact of poverty, where the struggle for survival is passed down. In a broader biblical context, this can be seen as a call to justice and compassion, urging those with means to care for the vulnerable, as reflected in passages like <a href="/proverbs/31-8.htm">Proverbs 31:8-9</a>, which advocate for speaking up for the rights of the destitute. The imagery of the wasteland also serves as a metaphor for spiritual barrenness, pointing to the need for divine intervention and redemption.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and patience who endures immense suffering and questions the justice of God.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/w/wild_donkeys.htm">Wild Donkeys</a></b><br>Symbolic of freedom and untamed nature, often used in Scripture to depict those who live outside societal norms or structures.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_poor.htm">The Poor</a></b><br>Represents those who are marginalized and oppressed, struggling to survive in harsh conditions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_desert/wasteland.htm">The Desert/Wasteland</a></b><br>A place of desolation and scarcity, symbolizing the harsh realities faced by the poor.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/children_of_the_poor.htm">Children of the Poor</a></b><br>Highlighting the generational impact of poverty and the struggle for survival.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_suffering_and_injustice.htm">Understanding Suffering and Injustice</a></b><br><a href="/job/24-5.htm">Job 24:5</a> highlights the reality of suffering and injustice in the world. It challenges believers to recognize and respond to the needs of the marginalized.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_in_desolation.htm">God's Provision in Desolation</a></b><br>The imagery of wild donkeys and wastelands reminds us that God provides even in the most desolate circumstances. Trust in God's provision is crucial, even when resources seem scarce.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/empathy_and_action.htm">Empathy and Action</a></b><br>As followers of Christ, we are called to empathize with the poor and take action to alleviate their suffering. This includes advocating for justice and providing practical support.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/generational_impact_of_poverty.htm">Generational Impact of Poverty</a></b><br>The mention of children underscores the long-term effects of poverty. Christians are encouraged to invest in solutions that break the cycle of poverty for future generations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_wilderness.htm">Spiritual Wilderness</a></b><br>Just as the poor forage in the wasteland, believers may experience spiritual wilderness. These times can strengthen faith and reliance on God.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 5.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work</span>. Plundering bands of wicked marauders scour the desert, like troops of wild asses, going forth early to their work, and late taking rest - rising betimes for a prey, and generally finding it, since the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. They are sure to find some plunder or other ere the day is over. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/24-5.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Indeed,</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֤ן</span> <span class="translit">(hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Interjection<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2005.htm">Strong's 2005: </a> </span><span class="str2">Lo! behold!</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[like] wild donkeys</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּרָאִ֨ים ׀</span> <span class="translit">(pə·rā·’îm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6501.htm">Strong's 6501: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wild donkey</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the desert,</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר</span> <span class="translit">(bam·miḏ·bār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> </span><span class="str2">A pasture, a desert, speech</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the poor go</span><br /><span class="heb">יָצְא֣וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ṣə·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3318.htm">Strong's 3318: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, bring, out, direct and proxim</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to work</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֭פָעֳלָם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·p̄ā·‘o·lām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6467.htm">Strong's 6467: </a> </span><span class="str2">Doing, deed, work</span><br /><br /><span class="word">foraging</span><br /><span class="heb">מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ša·ḥă·rê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7836.htm">Strong's 7836: </a> </span><span class="str2">To dawn, be, early at any task, to search for</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for food;</span><br /><span class="heb">לַטָּ֑רֶף</span> <span class="translit">(laṭ·ṭā·rep̄)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2964.htm">Strong's 2964: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something torn, a fragment, a fresh leaf, prey, food</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wasteland</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲרָבָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·rā·ḇāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6160.htm">Strong's 6160: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arabah -- a steppe or desert plain, also a desert valley running south from the Sea of Galilee</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is food</span><br /><span class="heb">לֶ֝֗חֶם</span> <span class="translit">(le·ḥem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> </span><span class="str2">Food, bread, grain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for their children.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַנְּעָרִֽים׃</span> <span class="translit">(lan·nə·‘ā·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5288.htm">Strong's 5288: </a> </span><span class="str2">A boy, lad, youth, retainer</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/24-5.htm">Job 24:5 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/24-5.htm">Job 24:5 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/24-5.htm">Job 24:5 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/24-5.htm">Job 24:5 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/24-5.htm">Job 24:5 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/24-5.htm">Job 24:5 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/24-5.htm">Job 24:5 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/24-5.htm">Job 24:5 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/24-5.htm">Job 24:5 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/24-5.htm">Job 24:5 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/24-5.htm">OT Poetry: Job 24:5 Behold as wild donkeys in the desert (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/24-4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 24:4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 24:4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/24-6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 24:6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 24:6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>