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They drive away the donkey of orphans;
they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
They thrust the poor off the road;
the needy of the earth hide themselves together.[a]
“Look, like wild donkeys in the desert
they[b] go out to their labor as searchers for the prey;
the wilderness is[c] their[d] food for the young.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:4 Or “altogether”
  2. Job 24:5 That is, the poor
  3. Job 24:5 Or “provides”
  4. Job 24:5 Hebrew “for their”

They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(A)
They thrust the needy(B) from the path
    and force all the poor(C) of the land into hiding.(D)
Like wild donkeys(E) in the desert,
    the poor go about their labor(F) of foraging food;
    the wasteland(G) provides food for their children.

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