Job 24:4

They have undermined the way of the poor, and have pressed together the meek of the earth.

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In The King James Version

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

In Context

3They have driven away the donkey of orphans, and have taken the cow from the widow as collateral.

5Others, like wild asses in the desert, go forth to their work; by watching for prey, they obtain bread for their children.

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Cross References

Job 29:12This was because I had freed the poor, who cried out, and the orphan, who had no helper.

Job 31:16If I have denied the poor what they wanted and have made the eyes of the widow wait;

Proverbs 28:12In the exultation of the just, there is great glory. When the impious reign, men are brought to ruin.

Proverbs 30:14There is a generation which has swords in place of teeth, and which commands their molars to devour the indigent from the earth and the poor from among men.

Ezekiel 18:12who grieves the needy and the poor, who seizes with violence, who does not restore the collateral, and who lifts up his eyes to idols, committing abomination,

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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