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Job 24:5

World English Bible

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.

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Job 24:5 in other translations

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.

Job 24:5 · American Standard Version

Job 24:5 in context

  1. 3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless,
    and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
  2. 4They turn the needy out of the way.
    The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
  3. 5Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,
    they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food.
    The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
  4. 6They cut their food in the field.
    They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
  5. 7They lie all night naked without clothing,
    and have no covering in the cold.