Verse Comparison: Job 24:5
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.
Amplified® Bible
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, [the poor] go forth to their work, seeking diligently for prey {and} food; the wilderness yields them bread for their children [in roots and herbage].
Contemporary English Version
in the desert, where they and their children must live like wild donkeys and search for food.
Darby English Version
Lo, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] them food for [their] children.
Good News Bible
So the poor, like wild donkeys, search for food in the dry wilderness; nowhere else can they find food for their children.
King James Version
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.
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.
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 King James Version
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.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert.
Revised Standard Version
Behold, like wild asses in the desert they go forth to their toil, seeking prey in the wilderness as 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.