Job 24:4
They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.
Cross References
Job 29:12Because I had delivered the poor man that cried out; and the fatherless that had no helper.
Job 31:16If I have denied to the poor what they desired, and have made the eyes of the widow wait:
Psalms 109:16because he remembered not to show mercy,
Proverbs 28:12In the joy of the just there is great glory: when the wicked reign, men are ruined.
Proverbs 30:14A generation, that for teeth hath swords, and grindeth with their jaw teeth, to devour the needy from off the earth, and the poor from among men.
Ezekiel 18:12That grieveth the needy and the poor, that taketh away by violence, that restoreth not the pledge, and that lifteth up his eyes to idols, that committeth 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 →