Job 24:4
They turn aside the needy from the way, || Together have hid the poor of the earth.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
In Context
3They lead away the donkey of the fatherless, || They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
Cross References
Job 29:12For I deliver the afflicted who is crying, || And the fatherless who has no helper.
Job 31:16If I withhold the poor from pleasure, || And consume the eyes of the widow,
Psalms 109:16Because that he has not remembered to do kindness, || And pursues the poor man and needy, || And the struck of heart—to slay,
Proverbs 28:12In the exulting of the righteous the glory [is] abundant, || And in the rising of the wicked man is apprehensive.
Proverbs 30:14A generation—their teeth [are] swords, || And their jaw-teeth [are] knives, || To consume the poor from earth, || And the needy from [among] men.
Ezekiel 18:12He has oppressed the afflicted and needy, || He has taken away plunder violently, || He does not return a pledge, || And he has lifted up his eyes to the idols, || He has done 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 →