Job 24:4
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
Majority Standard Bible
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 donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
Cross References
Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
Psalms 109:16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
Proverbs 28:12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.
Ezekiel 18:12He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
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 →