Job 24:4

They have turned aside the weak from the right way: 1 And the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

In Context

3They have led away the ass of the fatherless, 1 And taken the widow’s ox for a pledge. 1

5And they have departed like asses in the field, 1 Having gone forth on my account according to their own order: 1 His bread is sweet to his little ones. 1

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Cross References

Job 29:12For I saved the poor out of the hand of the oppressor, 1 And helped the fatherless who had no helper. 1

Job 31:16But the helpless missed not whatever need they had, 1 And I did not cause the eye of the widow to fail. 1

Proverbs 28:12By reason of the help of righteous men great glory arises: 1 But in the places of the ungodly men are caught. 1

Proverbs 30:14A wicked generation have swords for teeth and jaw teeth as knives, so as to destroy and devour the lowly from the earth, and the poor of them from among men.

Ezekiel 18:12and has oppressed the poor and needy, and has committed robbery, and not restored a pledge, and has set his eyes upon idols, has wrought iniquities,

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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