Job 24:6
What does Job 24:6 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 24:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
KJV
King James Version · 1611They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 6:3
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;
- Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;
- Deuteronomy 28:51
and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish.
- Micah 6:15
Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink the wine.
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