Job 24:6

They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

In Context

5Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.

7They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:51He will take the fruit of your cattle and of your land till death puts an end to you: he will let you have nothing of your grain or wine or oil or any of the increase of your cattle or the young of your flock, till he has made your destruction complete.

Micah 6:15You will put in seed, but you will not get in the grain; you will be crushing olives, but your bodies will not be rubbed with the oil; and you will get in the grapes, but you will have no wine.

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 →

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