Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding. New Living Translation The poor are pushed off the path; the needy must hide together for safety. English Standard Version They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves. Berean Standard Bible They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding. King James Bible They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. New King James Version They push the needy off the road; All the poor of the land are forced to hide. New American Standard Bible “They push the needy aside from the road; The poor of the land have to hide themselves together. NASB 1995 “They push the needy aside from the road; The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether. NASB 1977 “They push the needy aside from the road; The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether. Legacy Standard Bible They push the needy aside from the road; The afflicted of the land are made to hide themselves altogether. Amplified Bible “They crowd the needy off the road; The poor of the land all hide themselves. Christian Standard Bible They push the needy off the road; the poor of the land are forced into hiding. Holman Christian Standard Bible They push the needy off the road; the poor of the land are forced into hiding. American Standard Version They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. Aramaic Bible in Plain English The evil have hidden themselves by the road, and the meek of the Earth hide themselves together Brenton Septuagint Translation They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together. Contemporary English Version The poor are trampled and forced to hide Douay-Rheims Bible They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth. English Revised Version They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. GOD'S WORD® Translation They force needy people off the road. All the poor people of the country go into hiding. Good News Translation They prevent the poor from getting their rights and force the needy to run and hide. International Standard Version They push the needy off the road, and force the poor of the land into hiding. JPS Tanakh 1917 They turn the needy out of the way; The poor of the earth hide themselves together. Literal Standard Version They turn aside the needy from the way, | Together have hid the poor of the earth. Majority Standard Bible They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding. New American Bible They force the needy off the road; all the poor of the land are driven into hiding. NET Bible They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together. New Revised Standard Version They thrust the needy off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves. New Heart English Bible They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves. Webster's Bible Translation They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. World English Bible They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves. Young's Literal Translation They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Job: Judgment for the Wicked…3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge. 4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding. 5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.… Cross References Job 24:14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief. Job 29:12 because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper. Job 29:16 I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger. Job 30:25 Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy? Job 31:19 if I have seen one perish for lack of clothing, or a needy man without a cloak, Psalm 41:1 Blessed is he who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble. Proverbs 14:31 Whoever oppresses the poor taunts their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him. Treasury of Scripture They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. turn Job 24:14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. Job 31:16 If I have withheld the poor from their desire, or have caused the eyes of the widow to fail; Psalm 109:16 Because that he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the poor and needy man, that he might even slay the broken in heart. hide Proverbs 28:12,28 When righteous men do rejoice, there is great glory: but when the wicked rise, a man is hidden… James 5:4-6 Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth… Jump to Previous Afflicted Altogether Crushed Earth Force Hide Hiding Needy Path Poor Push Road Secret Themselves Thrust Together Turn Turned WayJump to Next Afflicted Altogether Crushed Earth Force Hide Hiding Needy Path Poor Push Road Secret Themselves Thrust Together Turn Turned WayJob 24 1. Wickedness often goes unpunished17. There is a secret judgment for the wicked Verse 4. - They turn the needy out of the way. Either "they force poor men to turn out of the road when they are using it, and wait till they have passed" (compare the recent practice of the Japanese daimios), or "they make the highways so dangerous with their violence that they compel the poor and needy to seek byways for safety" (Judges 5:6). The second hemistich favours the latter interpretation. The poor of the earth (or, the meek of the earth) hide themselves together. In the East there have always been superior and subject races, as well as proud nobles and down-trodden men of the same race. It is not clear of which of these two Job speaks. The former were often hunted out of all the desirable lands, and forced to fly to rooks and caves and holes in the ground, whence they were known as "Troglodytes." The latter, less frequently, handed together, and withdrew to remote and sequestered spots, where they might hope to live unmolested by their oppressors (Hebrews 11:38). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew They pushיַטּ֣וּ (yaṭ·ṭū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5186: To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend the needy אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים (’eḇ·yō·w·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 34: In want, needy, poor off the road מִדָּ֑רֶךְ (mid·dā·reḵ) Preposition-m | Noun - common singular Strong's 1870: A road, a course of life, mode of action and force all יַ֥חַד (ya·ḥaḏ) Adverb Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly the poor עֲנִיֵּי־ (‘ă·nî·yê-) Adjective - masculine plural construct Strong's 6035: Poor, afflicted, humble, meek of the land אָֽרֶץ׃ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land into hiding. חֻ֝בְּא֗וּ (ḥub·bə·’ū) Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 2244: To withdraw, hide Links Job 24:4 NIVJob 24:4 NLT Job 24:4 ESV Job 24:4 NASB Job 24:4 KJV Job 24:4 BibleApps.com Job 24:4 Biblia Paralela Job 24:4 Chinese Bible Job 24:4 French Bible Job 24:4 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 24:4 They turn the needy out (Jb) |
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