Job 24:4

What does Job 24:4 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 24:4 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.

Context

v.3They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

v.4This passage

v.5Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wildernessyieldeththem bread for their children.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Job 24:14

    The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

  • Ezekiel 18:12

    hath wronged the poor and needy, hath taken by robbery, hath not restored the pledge, and hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, hath committed abomination,

  • Proverbs 30:14

    There is a generation whose teeth areasswords, and their jaw teethasknives, To devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.

  • Amos 2:7

    they that pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father go unto the same maiden, to profane my holy name:

  • Amos 8:4

    Hear this, O ye that would swallow up the needy, and cause the poor of the land to fail,

  • Job 29:12

    Because I delivered the poor that cried, The fatherless also, that had none to help him.

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