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Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Job 24:5

wild asses— (Job 11:12). So Ishmael is called a "wild ass-man"; Hebrew (Genesis 16:12). These Bedouin robbers, with the unbridled wildness of the ass of the desert, go forth thither. Robbery is their lawless "work." The desert, which yields no food to other men, yields food for the robber and his children by the plunder of caravans.

rising betimes—In the East travelling is begun very early, before the heat comes on.

Job 24:2-24

Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24).

Some—the wicked.

landmarks—boundaries between different pastures (Deuteronomy 19:14; Proverbs 22:28).

Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 24:5:

Job 24:6
Job 39:5
Psalms 65:12

 

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