Job 24:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 24:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 24:5 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth foo..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 24:5 — KJV
“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.”
— Job 24:5 (KJV)
Job 24:5 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 24:5
“Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:5: behold, wild, desert
“And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:5: wild, asses, wilderness
“And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had died by the hand of the LORD in the land of Egypt, when we sat by the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole assembly with hunger.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:5: wild, forth, wilderness
“And it came to pass, as Aaron spake unto the whole congregation of the children of Israel, that they looked toward the wilderness, and, behold, the glory of the LORD appeared in the cloud.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:5: behold, wild, wilderness
“In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:5: wild, forth, wilderness
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