Job 24:11
In the olive groves they work to produce oil, but do not taste it; they tread the winepress, but are thirsty.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
In Context
12In the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry for help, but God ignores their prayers.
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:13Trouble is coming to Jehoiakim because he mistreats others in building his palace, by dealing unfairly with those constructing the upper floors. He makes his own people work for nothing—he doesn't pay them any 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 →