Job 24:4

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Free Bible Version

They push the poor out of their way; the destitute are forced to hide from them.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

Some shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from ◄obtaining their rights/being treated justly►), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.

Unlocked Literal Bible

They force needy people out of their path; poor people of the earth all hide themselves from them.

Noah Webster Bible

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.

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.

Summary

In this verse, Job questions why the wicked are able to oppress the poor and needy without facing immediate consequences from God. He reflects on the injustice and suffering in the world, highlighting the apparent lack of divine intervention against evildoers. Job's inquiry underscores the mystery of God's timing and justice, acknowledging the complexities of human suffering and the need for faith in God's ultimate judgment and righteousness.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

They turn the needy out of the way - They will not permit them to go by the accustomed paths; they oblige them to take circuitous routes. When the Marquis of H. was made ranger of Richmond Park, he thought it his duty to shut up a pathway which had existed for a long time; and those who presumed, after this shutting up, to break the fence, and take that path as formerly, were prosecuted. A cobbler near the place entered an action against the marquis: the cause was tried, the marquis cast, and the path ordered to be opened, on the ground that it had, time out of mind, been a public undisputed path. When one asked the cobbler, "How he could have the boldness to go to law with the Marquis of H.?" he answered, "Because I did not like to leave the world worse than I found it." All tolerated oppression and voluntary forfeiture of ancient rights, are injurious to society at large, and they who wink at them leave the world worse than they found it.

Job 24:4

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.

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Berean Standard Bible

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Free Bible Version

They push the poor out of their way; the destitute are forced to hide from them.

King James (Authorized) Version

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

Translation for Translators

Some shove poor people off the road (OR, prevent poor people from ◄obtaining their rights/being treated justly►), and they force poor people to find places to hide from them.

Unlocked Literal Bible

They force needy people out of their path; poor people of the earth all hide themselves from them.

Noah Webster Bible

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.