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Job 24:4

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

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יַטּ֣וּya.Tuthey thrust asideH5186 →
אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים'ev.yo.Nimneedy [people]H34 →
מִדָּ֑רֶךְmi.Da.rekhfrom [the] pathH1870 →
יַ֥חַדYa.chadtogetherH3162 →
חֻ֝בְּא֗וּchu.be.'Uthey are made to hide themselvesH2244 →
עֲנִיֵּי־'a.ni.yei-[the] poor [people] ofH6035 →
אָֽרֶץ׃'A.retz[the] earthH776 →

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Proverbs 28:28When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.Job 24:14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.Amos 2:7They 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.Ezekiel 22:29The 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.Job 29:16I was a father to the needy, and I took up the case of the stranger.Isaiah 10:2to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.Proverbs 30:14there is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are knives, devouring the oppressed from the earth and the needy from among men.Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,Job 30:25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?Proverbs 22:16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.Amos 8:4–6Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,Micah 2:1–2Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.Proverbs 28:12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.Ezekiel 18:12He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.James 5:4–6Look, 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.Psalms 41:1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.Psalms 109:16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.

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Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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