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Job 24:11
11Within the walls [of the wicked] the poor make [olive] oil; They tread [the grapes in] the wine presses, but thirst.
Job 24:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
- New International Version (NIV)They crush olives among the terraces; they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
- English Standard Version (ESV)among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil; they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They press out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
Context of Job 24:11
9Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves], And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing]. 10They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing, And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry. Within the walls [of the wicked] the poor make [olive] oil; They tread [the grapes in] the wine presses, but thirst. 12From the [populous and crowded] city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out for help; Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them]. 13“Others have been with those who rebel against the light; They do not want to know its ways Nor stay in its paths.
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בֵּין־שׁוּרֹתָ֥ם יַצְהִ֑ירוּ יְקָבִ֥ים דָּ֝רְכ֗וּ וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 24:11
- Deuteronomy 25:4“You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing [to prevent him from eating any of the grain].
- Jeremiah 22:13“Woe (judgment is coming) to him who builds his house by [acts of] unrighteousness And his upper chambers by injustice, Who uses his neighbor’s service without pay And does not give him wages [for his work],
- James 5:4Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Commentaries on Job 24:11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11Make oil within their walls - Thus stripped of all that on which they depended for clothing and food, they are obliged to become vassals to their lord, labor in the fields on scanty fare, or tread their wine-presses, from the produce of which they are not permitted to quench their thirst.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11Which made oil within their walls - Or rather, they compel them to express oil within their walls. The word יצהירו yatshı̂yrû rendered “made oil,” is from צחר tsachar to shine, to give light; and hence, the derivatives of the word are used to denote light, and then oil, and thence the word comes to denote to press out oil for the purpose of light. Oil was obtained for this purpose from olives by pressing them, and the idea here is, that the poor were…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11Forcing workers to tread the winepresses while they go thirsty violates the principle of letting workers enjoy some of the produce they are harvesting (see Deuteronomy 25:4; compare 2 Timothy 2:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-242-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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