Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
In Context
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
Cross References
Job 29:12For I delivered the afflicted that cried, and the fatherless who had no helper.
Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from [their] desire, or caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Psalms 109:16Because he remembered not to shew kindness, but persecuted the afflicted and needy man, and the broken in heart, to slay him.
Proverbs 28:12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men conceal themselves.
Proverbs 30:14a generation whose teeth are swords, and their jaw-teeth knives, to devour the afflicted from off the earth, and the needy from [among] men.
Ezekiel 18:12hath oppressed the poor and needy, exercised robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed 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 →