New International VersionLike wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.
New Living TranslationLike wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor must spend all their time looking for food, searching even in the desert for food for their children.
English Standard VersionBehold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poor go out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children.
Berean Standard BibleIndeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
King James BibleBehold,
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 King James VersionIndeed,
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.
New American Standard Bible“Behold,
like wild donkeys in the wilderness They go out scavenging for food in their activity, As bread for
their children in the desert.
NASB 1995“Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert.
NASB 1977“Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for
their children in the desert.
Legacy Standard BibleBehold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food earnestly in their work, The desert becomes for him a
place of bread for
his young ones.
Amplified Bible“Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food; As bread for their children in the desert.
Christian Standard BibleLike wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the desert provides nourishment for their children.
Holman Christian Standard BibleLike wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.
American Standard VersionBehold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children.
Contemporary English Versionin the desert, where they and their children must live like wild donkeys and search for food.
English Revised VersionBehold, as wild asses in the desert they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for meat; the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children.
GOD'S WORD® TranslationLike wild donkeys in the desert, poor people go out to do their work, looking for food. The plains provide food for their children.
Good News TranslationSo the poor, like wild donkeys, search for food in the dry wilderness; nowhere else can they find food for their children.
International Standard Version"Look! Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they work diligently as they seek wild game in the desert, food for them and their young ones.
NET BibleLike wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.
New Heart English BibleLook, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
Webster's Bible TranslationBehold, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Majority Text Translations
Majority Standard BibleIndeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
World English BibleBehold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard VersionBehold, wild donkeys in a wilderness, "" They have gone out about their work, "" Seeking early for prey, "" A mixture for himself—food for young ones.
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.
Smith's Literal TranslationBehold, wild asses in the desert will go forth in their work, seeking for prey: the sterile region bread for him, and for the young.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims BibleOthers like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.
Catholic Public Domain VersionOthers, like wild asses in the desert, go forth to their work; by watching for prey, they obtain bread for their children.
New American BibleLike wild donkeys in the wilderness, they go forth to their task of seeking prey; the steppe provides food for their young;
New Revised Standard VersionLike wild asses in the desert they go out to their toil, scavenging in the wasteland food for their young.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa BibleBehold, like wild asses in the desert, they go forth early seeking food for their young ones.
Peshitta Holy Bible TranslatedAs wild donkeys in the wilderness that rise early for food, for bread for their young
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917Behold, as wild asses in the wilderness They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The desert yieldeth them bread for their children.
Brenton Septuagint TranslationAnd they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to
his little ones.
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