Job 24:5

A Conservative Version

Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness [yields] them bread for their sons.

Cross References

Psalm 104:23

Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until the evening.

Acts 23:12

And when it became day, some of the Jews, having made a conspiracy, put themselves under a curse, saying neither to eat nor to drink until they would kill Paul.

John 18:28

They lead Jesus therefore from Caiaphas to the Praetorium. And it was early, and they did not enter into the Praetorium, so that they would not be defiled, but that they might eat the Passover.

Zephaniah 3:3

Her rulers in the midst of her are roaring lions. Her judges are evening wolves. They leave nothing till the morrow.

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! When the morning is light they practice it, because it is in the power of their hand.

Hosea 8:9

For they have gone up to Assyria [like] a wild donkey alone by himself. Ephraim has hired lovers.

Hosea 7:6

For they have made their heart ready like an oven, while they lay in wait. Their baker sleeps all the night. In the morning it burns as a flaming fire.

Jeremiah 2:24

a wild donkey used to the wilderness, that sniffs up the wind in her desire. In her time of estrus who can turn her away? All those who seek her will not weary themselves. In her month they shall find her.

Proverbs 4:16

For they do not sleep unless they do evil. And their sleep is taken away unless they cause to fall.

Job 24:14

The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.

Job 12:6

The tents of robbers prosper, and those who provoke God are secure. Into whose hand God brings [abundantly].

Job 5:5

whose harvest the hungry eat up, and takes it even out of the thorns, and the snare gapes for their substance.

Genesis 27:40

And by thy sword thou shall live, and thou shall serve thy brother. And it shall come to pass, when thou shall break loose, that thou shall shake his yoke from off thy neck.

Genesis 16:12

And he will be a wild donkey among men, his hand against every man, and every man's hand against him, and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brothers.

Job 24:6

They cut their provender in the field, and they glean the vintage of the wicked.