Job 24:4

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

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

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 24:4 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 24:14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
  2. Job 29:12because I rescued the poor who cried out and the fatherless who had no helper.
  3. Job 30:25Have I not wept for those in trouble? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
  4. Job 31:16If I have denied the desires of the poor or allowed the widow’s eyes to fail,
  5. Psalms 41:1Blessed is the one who cares for the poor; the LORD will deliver him in the day of trouble.
  6. Psalms 109:16For he never thought to show kindness, but pursued the poor and needy and brokenhearted, even to their death.
  7. Proverbs 22:16Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself or giving gifts to the rich will surely lead to poverty.
  8. Proverbs 28:12When the righteous triumph, there is great glory, but when the wicked rise, men hide themselves.
  9. Proverbs 28:28When the wicked come to power, people hide themselves; but when they perish, the righteous flourish.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. Ezekiel 18:18As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity, because he practiced extortion, robbed his brother, and did what was wrong among his people.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. Amos 4:1Hear this word, you cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to your husbands, “Bring us more to drink.”
  17. Amos 8:4Hear this, you who trample the needy, who do away with the poor of the land,
  18. Micah 2:1Woe 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.
  19. James 5:4Look, 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.

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