Job 24:5
Strong's Lexicon
Indeed,
הֵ֤ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2005: interj 1) behold, lo, though hypothetical part 2) if

[like] wild donkeys
פְּרָאִ֨ים ׀ (pə·rā·’îm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6501: 1) wild ass

in the desert,
בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר (bam·miḏ·bār)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4057: 1) wilderness 1a) pasture 1b) uninhabited land, wilderness 1c) large tracts of wilderness (around cities) 1d) wilderness (fig.) 2) mouth 2a) mouth (as organ of speech)

the poor go
יָצְא֣וּ (yā·ṣə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3318: 1) to go out, come out, exit, go forth 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to go or come out or forth, depart 1a2) to go forth (to a place) 1a3) to go forward, proceed to (to or toward something) 1a4) to come or go forth (with purpose or for result) 1a5) to come out of 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to go or come out, bring out, lead out 1b2) to bring out of 1b3) to lead out 1b4) to deliver 1c) (Hophal) to be brought out or forth

to work
בְּ֭פָעֳלָם (bə·p̄ā·‘o·lām)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6467: 1) work, deed, doing 1a) deed, thing done 1b) work, thing made 1c) wages of work 1d) acquisition (of treasure)

foraging
מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י (mə·ša·ḥă·rê)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7836: 1) to seek, seek early or earnestly, look early or diligently for 1a) (Qal) to look for diligently, seek 1b) (Piel) to seek, seek early

for food;
לַטָּ֑רֶף (laṭ·ṭā·rep̄)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2964: 1) prey, food, leaf 1a) prey 1b) food 1c) leaf

the wasteland
עֲרָבָ֥ה (‘ă·rā·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6160: 1) desert plain, steppe, desert, wilderness

is food
לֶ֝֗חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3899: 1) bread, food, grain 1a) bread 1a1) bread 1a2) bread-corn 1b) food (in general)

for their children.
לַנְּעָרִֽים׃ (lan·nə·‘ā·rîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5288: 1) a boy, lad, servant, youth, retainer 1a) boy, lad, youth 1b) servant, retainer

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Like wild donkeys in  the  desert, the poor go out to  their  task of foraging for  food; the wilderness provides nourishment for  their  children.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for [their] children in the desert.

King James Bible
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.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.

New 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.

English 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.

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert.

King James Bible
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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.

International Standard Version
"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.

NET Bible
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.

American Standard Version
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.

English Revised Version
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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.
















Cross References
Genesis 16:12
And he will be a wild man; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.

Job 24:6
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

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.

Psalm 104:23
Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Job 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

Job 24:2
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

Job 24:7
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

Job 24:8
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
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