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Job 24:5

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5Behold, as mwild asses in the desert,

nGo they forth to their work; orising betimes pfor a prey:

The wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

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Footnotes

  1. mSee ch. 6:5.
  2. nSo Ps. 104:23.
  3. oSee Ps. 63:1.

Cross references

  1. pPs. 104:21.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert

the poor go out to their toil, seeking game;

the wasteland yields food for their children.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Like wild donkeys in the desert,

the poor go about their labor of foraging food;

the wasteland provides food for their children.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,

the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;

the desert provides nourishment for their children.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

“Look, like wild donkeys in the desert

they go out to their labor as searchers for the prey;

the wilderness is their food for the young.