Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert
    the poor[a] (A)go out to their toil, (B)seeking game;
    the wasteland yields food for their children.
They gather their[b] fodder in the field,
    and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.
They (C)lie all night naked, without clothing,
    and have no covering in the cold.
They are wet with the rain of the mountains
    and (D)cling to the rock for lack of shelter.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:5 Hebrew they
  2. Job 24:6 Hebrew his

Like wild donkeys(A) in the desert,
    the poor go about their labor(B) of foraging food;
    the wasteland(C) provides food for their children.
They gather fodder(D) in the fields
    and glean in the vineyards(E) of the wicked.(F)
Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
    they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(G)
They are drenched(H) by mountain rains
    and hug(I) the rocks for lack of shelter.(J)

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