Job 24:4
They thrust the needy out of the derech; 1 the poor of the eretz needs hide themselves together. 1
Orthodox Jewish 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 chamor of the yetomim, 1 they take the ox of the almanah for a pledge. 1
Cross References
Job 29:12Because I delivered the oni that cried out, 1 and the yatom that had no ozer (helper) for him. 1
Job 31:16If I have withheld the poor from their chefetz (desire), 1 or have caused the eyes of the almanah to grow weary, 1
Psalms 109:16Because he remembered not to show chesed, 1 but persecuted the ish oni and the evyon, 1 that he might even slay the nikheh levav (broken-hearted person). 1
Proverbs 28:12When tzaddikim do triumph, there is rabbah tiferet (great glory), 1 but when the resha'im rise, the people go into hiding. 1
Proverbs 30:14There is a dor (generation), whose teeth are as charavot (swords), 1 and their jaw teeth are as knives, 1 to devour the aniyim (oppressed poor ones) from off ha'aretz, 1 and the evyonim (needy ones) from among adam. 1
Ezekiel 18:12Hath oppressed the oni and evyon, hath spoiled by a robberʼs violence, hath not restored the chavol (pledge), and hath lifted up his eyes to the gillulim, hath committed to'evah (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 →