Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, the fatherless also, that had none to help him.
Job 31:16If I have withheld aught that the poor desired, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail;
Psalms 109:16Because that he remembered not to do kindness, but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the broken in heart he was ready to slay.
Proverbs 28:12When the righteous exult, there is great glory; but when the wicked rise, men must be sought for.
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation whose teeth are as swords, and their great teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Ezekiel 18:12hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath 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 →