Job 24:6

"Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children."

Key Reflection

In Job 24:6, the author paints a vivid picture of destitute individuals who are forced to work in harsh desert conditions, much like wild donkeys foraging for food. The original audience would have recognized the dire circumstances depicted here, as it reflects the realities of life during times of famine or economic hardship, where people had to scavenge in inhospitable environments just to survive and feed their families.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

They reap every one his corn -Margin, “mingled corn,” or “dredge.” The word used here (בלילbelı̂yl) denotes, properly, “meslin,” mixed provender, made up of various kinds of grain, as of barley, vetches, etc., prepared for cattle; see the notes atIsaiah 30:24. In the field -They break in upon the fields of others, and rob them of their grain, instead of cultivating the earth themselves. So it is rendered by Jerome -Agrum non suum deme-runt; et vineam ejus, quem vi. oppresserint vindemiant.The Septuagint renders it, “A field, not their own, they reap down before the time -πρὸ ὥραςprohōras.

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