Job 24:11
They make oil within their walls, And tread the wine-vat, yet suffer thirst.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
In Context
10They go naked, without clothing, And carry the sheaf hungry.
12From anguish the dying groan, And the wounded cry aloud; And God regardeth not their prayer!
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:13Woe to him that buildeth his house with injustice, And his upper apartments with wrong; That exacteth a man's service without wages, And giveth him no recompense!
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 →