Job 24:4

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

2“⌞People⌟ move boundary markers. They steal flocks and tend them as shepherds. 3They drive away the orphan’s donkey. They take the widow’s ox as security for a loan. They force needy people off the road. All the poor people of the country go into hiding. 5Like wild donkeys in the desert, poor people go out to do their work, looking for food. The plains provide food for their children. 6They harvest animal food in the field ⌞to feed themselves⌟. They pick the leftover grapes in the wicked person’s vineyard.

Job 24:4 word by word

יַטּ֣וּ אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים מִדָּ֑רֶךְ יַ֥חַד חֻ֝בְּא֗וּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• They turnנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• the needyאֶבְיוֹן'ebyôn · needyH34
• out of the wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: roadH1870
• the poorעָנָו‛ânâv ‛ânâyv · poorH6035
• the poorעָנִי‛ânîy · afflictedH6041
• of the earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• hideחָבָאchâbâ' · to hideH2244
• themselves togetherיַ֫חַדyachad · unitednessH3162

Cross-references for Job 24:4

• Job 24:14At dawn murderers rise; they kill the poor and needy. At night they become thieves.
• Job 31:16“If I have refused the requests of the poor or made a widow’s eyes stop ⌞looking for help⌟,
• Psalms 109:16because he did not remember to be kind. “He drove oppressed, needy, and brokenhearted people to their graves.
• Proverbs 22:16Oppressing the poor for profit ⌞or⌟ giving to the rich certainly leads to poverty.
• Proverbs 30:14A certain kind of person, whose teeth are like swords and whose jaws are ⌞like⌟ knives, devours oppressed people from the earth and people from among humanity.
• Isaiah 10:2They deprive the poor of justice. They take away the rights of the needy among my people. They prey on widows and rob orphans.
• Ezekiel 18:12He oppresses the poor and needy. He robs. He doesn’t return the security for a loan. He looks to idols for help. He does disgusting things.
• Ezekiel 22:29The common people oppress and rob others. They do wrong to humble people and to poor people. They oppress foreigners for no reason.
• Amos 2:7They stomp the heads of the poor into the dust. They push the humble out of the way. Father and son sleep with the same woman. They dishonor my holy name.
• Amos 8:4Listen to this, those who trample on the needy and ruin those who are oppressed in the world.
• Micah 2:1How horrible it will be for those who invent trouble and work out plans for disaster while in bed. When the morning dawns, they carry out their plans because they are able to.
• Proverbs 28:12When righteous people triumph, there is great glory, but when wicked people rise, people hide themselves.
• James 5:4The wages you refused to pay the people who harvested your fields shout ⌞to God⌟ against you. The Lord of Armies has heard the cries of those who gather the crops.

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

Topics related to Job 24:4

• Dishonesty
• Homicide
• Poor
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Covering
• Light
• Pluck
• Tread
• Job, Book of
• Meekness
• Palestine

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