New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 24:4
4They push 1the needy aside from the road; The 2poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
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
2Some remove the landmarks; They seize and devour flocks. 3They drive away the donkeys of the orphans; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge. They push the needy aside from the road; The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether. 5Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert. 6They harvest their fodder in the field And glean the vineyard 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 arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.
- Job 31:16“If I have kept the poor from their desire, Or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
- Psalms 109:16Because he did not remember to show lovingkindness, But persecuted the afflicted and needy man, And the despondent in heart, to put them to death.
- Proverbs 22:16He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself Or who gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
- Proverbs 30:14There is a kind of man whose teeth are like swords And his jaw teeth like knives, To devour the afflicted from the earth And the needy from among men.
- Isaiah 10:2So as to deprive the needy of justice And rob the poor of My people of their rights, So that widows may be their spoil And that they may plunder the orphans.
- Ezekiel 18:12oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, does not restore a pledge, but lifts up his eyes to the idols and commits abomination,
- Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have practiced oppression and committed robbery, and they have wronged the poor and needy and have oppressed the sojourner without justice.
- Amos 2:7These who pant after the very dust of the earth on the head of the helpless Also turn aside the way of the humble; And a man and his father resort to the same girl In order to profane My holy name.
- Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, to do away with the humble of the land,
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who scheme iniquity, Who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, For it is in the power of their hands.
- Proverbs 28:12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, But when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
- James 5:4Behold, the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached 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
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