Job 24:4
They chase the needy out of the highway: altogether hide themselves the poor of the earth.
Leeser Tanakh
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 in pledge the widow's ox.
Cross References
Job 29:12Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, yea, that had none to help him.
Job 31:16If ever I denied the wish of the indigent, or ever allowed the eyes of the widow to fall [in vain hopes];
Psalms 109:16For the reason that he remembered not to show kindness; but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the grieved in heart to put him to death.
Proverbs 28:12When the righteous exult, there is great splendor; but when the wicked rise up, a man hath to be sought for.
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and whose string teeth are as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
Ezekiel 18:12The poor and needy he over-reacheth, he is guilty of robberies, the pledge he restoreth not, and to the idols he lifteth up his eyes, abominations he committeth:
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 →