Job 24:11

They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, 1 And have not known the righteous way. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

In Context

10And they have wrongfully caused others to sleep without clothing, 1 And taken away the morsel of the hungry. 1

12Who have cast forth the poor from the city and their own houses, 1 And the soul of the children has groaned aloud. 1

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Cross References

Jeremiah 22:13He that builds his house not with justice, and his upper chambers not with judgment, who works by means of his neighbor for nothing, and will by no means give him his reward.

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 →

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