Job 24:5
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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.Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
In other translations
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.Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
Hebrew words
הֵןhenthere!H2005פְּרָאִים׀pera'imwild donkeysH6501בַּמִּדְבָּרbamidbarin the wildernessH4057יָצְאוּyatze'uthey go forthH3318בְּפָעֳלָםbefo'olomin work theirH6467מְשַׁחֲרֵיmeshachareiseekingH7836לַטָּרֶףlatareffor <the> foodH2964עֲרָבָה'aravaha desert plainH6160לוֹloto itלֶחֶםlechemfoodH3899לַנְּעָרִים׃lane'arimfor the childrenH5288
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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