American Standard Version
Job 24:4
4They turn the needy out of the way:The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Job 24:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
- New International Version (NIV)They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
- English Standard Version (ESV)They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
- New King James Version (NKJV)They push the needy off the road; All the poor of the land are forced to hide.
Context of Job 24:4
2There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them. 3They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge. They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. 5Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wildernessyieldeththem bread for their children. 6They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
Read all of Job 24Job 24:4 word by word
יַטּ֣וּ אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים מִדָּ֑רֶךְ יַ֥חַד חֻ֝בְּא֗וּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 24:4
- Job 24:14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
- Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor fromtheirdesire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
- Psalms 109:16Because he remembered not to show kindness, But persecuted the poor and needy man, And the broken in heart, to slay them.
- Proverbs 22:16He that oppresseth the poor to increase his gain, Andhe that giveth to the rich, shall come only to want.
- Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth areasswords, and their jaw teethasknives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
- Isaiah 10:2to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
- Ezekiel 18:12hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,
- Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yea, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the sojourner wrongfully.
- Amos 2:7they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name:
- Amos 8:4Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,
- Micah 2:1Woe to them that devise iniquity and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Proverbs 28:12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
- James 5:4Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Commentaries on Job 24:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4They turn the needy out of the way - They will not permit them to go by the accustomed paths; they oblige them to take circuitous routes. When the Marquis of H. was made ranger of Richmond Park, he thought it his duty to shut up a pathway which had existed for a long time; and those who presumed, after this shutting up, to break the fence, and take that path as formerly, were prosecuted. A cobbler near the place entered an action against the marquis: the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4They turn the needy out of the way - They crowd the poor out of the path, and thus oppress and injure them. They do not allow them the advantages of the highway. The poor of the earth hide themselves together - For fear of the rich and mighty man. Driven from the society of the rich, without their patronage and friendship, they are obliged to associate together, and find in the wicked man neither protector nor friend. And yet the proud oppressor is not…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-17This list of criminal behaviors first emphasizes crimes against weak people (24:2–12). Then it examines the criminals themselves (24:13–17).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
American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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