Job 24:11
What does Job 24:11 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 24:11 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They make oil within the walls of these men; They treadtheirwinepresses, and suffer thirst.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They make oil within the walls of these men; They treadtheirwinepresses, and suffer thirst.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 25:4
Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth out the grain.
- James 5:4
Behold, the hire of the laborers who mowed your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth out: and the cries of them that reaped have entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
- Jeremiah 22:13
Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor’s service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;
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