Job 24:4

They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.

Brenton Septuagint

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 led away the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.

5And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to his little ones.

Read all of Job 24

Cross References

Job 29:12For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, and helped the fatherless who had no helper.

Job 31:16But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, and I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail.

Proverbs 28:12By reason of the help of righteous men great glory arises: but in the places of the ungodly men are caught.

Ezekiel 18:12and has oppressed the poor and needy, and has committed robbery, and not restored a pledge, and has set his eyes upon idols, has wrought iniquities,

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Job 24:4