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

2Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them. 3They drive away the orphan’s donkey; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge. They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together. 5Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children. 6They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

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 24:14Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.
• Job 31:16If I have refused to give the poor what they desired, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail,
• Psalms 109:16For he never bothered to show kindness; he harassed the oppressed and needy, and killed the disheartened.
• Proverbs 22:16The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain and the one who gives to the rich – both end up only in poverty.
• Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are like swords and whose molars are like knives to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among the human race.
• Isaiah 10:2to keep the poor from getting fair treatment, and to deprive the oppressed among my people of justice, so they can steal what widows own, and loot what belongs to orphans.
• Ezekiel 18:12oppresses the poor and the needy, commits robbery, does not give back what was given in pledge, prays to idols, performs abominable acts,
• Ezekiel 22:29The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have wronged the poor and needy; they have oppressed the foreigner who lives among them and denied them justice.
• Amos 2:7They trample on the dirt-covered heads of the poor; they push the destitute away. A man and his father go to the same girl; in this way they show disrespect for my moral purity.
• Amos 8:4Listen to this, you who trample the needy, and do away with the destitute in the land.
• Micah 2:1Those who devise sinful plans are as good as dead, those who dream about doing evil as they lie in bed. As soon as morning dawns they carry out their plans, because they have the power to do so.
• Proverbs 28:12When the righteous rejoice, great is the glory, but when the wicked rise to power, people are sought out.
• James 5:4Look, the pay you have held back from the workers who mowed your fields cries out against you, and the cries of the reapers have reached the ears of the Lord of hosts.

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