Job 24:5
Job 24:1-12 The Message (MSG)
“But if Judgment Day isn’t hidden from the Almighty, why are we kept in the dark? There are people out there getting by with murder— stealing and lying and cheating. They rip off the poor and exploit the unfortunate, Push the helpless into the ditch, bully the weak so that they fear for their lives. The poor, like stray dogs and cats, scavenge for food in back alleys. They sort through the garbage of the rich, eke out survival on handouts. Homeless, they shiver through cold nights on the street; they’ve no place to lay their heads. Exposed to the weather, wet and frozen, they huddle in makeshift shelters. Nursing mothers have their babies snatched from them; the infants of the poor are kidnapped and sold. They go about patched and threadbare; even the hard workers go hungry. No matter how backbreaking their labor, they can never make ends meet. People are dying right and left, groaning in torment. The wretched cry out for help and God does nothing, acts like nothing’s wrong!
Job 24:5 King James Version (KJV)
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.
Job 24:5 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert.
Job 24:5 New Century Version (NCV)
The poor become like wild donkeys in the desert who go about their job of finding food. The desert gives them food for their children.
Job 24:5 American Standard Version (ASV)
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 New International Version (NIV)
Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.
Job 24:5 New King James Version (NKJV)
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, They go out to their work, searching for food. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
Job 24:5 Amplified Bible (AMP)
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food; As bread for their children in the desert.