Job 24:4
They make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide themselues together.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
In Context
3They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.
Cross References
Job 29:12For I deliuered the poore that cryed, and the fatherlesse, and him that had none to helpe him.
Job 31:16If I restrained the poore of their desire, or haue caused the eyes of the widow to faile,
Psalms 109:16Because he remembred not to shew mercie, but persecuted the afflicted and poore man, and the sorowfull hearted to slay him.
Proverbs 28:12When righteous men reioyce, there is great glory: but when the wicked come vp, the man is tried.
Proverbs 30:14There is a generation, whose teeth are as swordes, and their chawes as kniues to eate vp the afflicted out of the earth, and the poore from among men.
Ezekiel 18:12Or hath oppressed the poore and needy, or hath spoyled by violence, or hath not restored the pledge, or hath lift vp his eyes vnto the idoles, or hath committed 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 →