Job 24:11
They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
In Context
10[so that] they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves.
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:13Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice, who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and gives him not his hire,
Matthew Henry on Job 24:2-13
Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. 3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. 4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food… Read the whole commentary →