Job 24:4 “They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land in…”

Job 24:4

They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

They make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide themselues together.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“turn”

Job 24:14 Ezekiel 22:29 Amos 2:7 Job 31:16 Psalm 109:16 Proverbs 22:16

Job 24:14 · BSB

When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.

Ezekiel 22:29 · BSB

The people of the land have practiced extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and have exploited the foreign resident without justice.

Amos 2:7 · BSB

They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.

Job 31:16 · BSB

If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,

Psalm 109:16 · BSB

For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

Proverbs 22:16 · BSB

Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.

“hide”

Proverbs 28:28 Proverbs 28:12 James 5:4–6

Proverbs 28:28 · BSB

When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.

Proverbs 28:12 · BSB

When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.

James 5:4–6 · BSB

Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.

Also

Job 30:25 Job 29:12 Psalm 41:1

Job 30:25 · BSB

Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?

Job 29:12 · BSB

because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.

Psalm 41:1 · BSB

Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.

5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.

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