Job 24:11

They take their midday rest among the stockpiles of those who, though they have trodden the winepresses, suffer thirst.

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In The King James Version

Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

In Context

10From the naked and those who do not have enough clothing, and from the hungry, they have taken away sheaves of grain.

12In the cities, they caused the men to groan and the spirit of the wounded to cry out, and so God does not allow this to go unpunished.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 22:13Woe to one who builds his house with injustice and his upper rooms without judgment, who oppresses his friend without cause and does not pay him his wages.

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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