Job 24:6

In the field—a man’s fodder, they cut down, and, the vineyard of the lawless, they strip of its late berries;

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

In Context

5Lo! [as] wild asses in the wilderness, they go forth with their work, eager seekers for prey, the waste plain, yieldeth them food for their young;

7Ill-clad, they are left to lodge without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:51then shall he eat the young of thy cattle and the fruit of thy ground until thou art destroyed, who will not leave for thee corn, new wine or oil, the young of thy kine, or the ewes of thy flock,—until he hath caused thee to perish.

Micah 6:15Thou, shalt sow, but shalt not reap,—thou, shalt tread the olive, but shalt not anoint thee with oil, also the grape, but shalt not drink the wine.

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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