en_tn_lite_do_not_use/job/24/05.md

Connecting Statement:

Job continues speaking.

these poor people go out to their work like wild donkeys in the wilderness, looking carefully for food

These poor people are spoken of as if they are wild donkeys who do not know where they will find food. Alternate translation: "these poor people go out to search for food as if they were wild donkeys in the wilderness" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile)

wild donkeys

"donkeys that no one owns or cares for"