“You say, ‘They are swiftly carried away upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land; no treader turns toward their vineyards.
Job 24:6 - Revised Standard Version CI They gather their fodder in the field and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They reap every one his corn in the field: And they gather the vintage of the wicked. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They reap each one his fodder in a field [that is not his own], and they glean the vintage of the wicked man. American Standard Version (1901) They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. Common English Bible They gather their food in the field, glean in unproductive vineyards, Catholic Public Domain Version They reap a field that is not their own, and they harvest a vineyard that they have taken by force. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They reap the field that is not their own: and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed. |
“You say, ‘They are swiftly carried away upon the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land; no treader turns toward their vineyards.
Behold, like wild asses in the desert they go forth to their toil, seeking prey in the wilderness as food for their children.
They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
if I have eaten its yield without payment, and caused the death of its owners;
You shall sow, but not reap; you shall tread olives, but not anoint yourselves with oil; you shall tread grapes, but not drink wine.
A nation which you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors; and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually;
and shall eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; who also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your cattle or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.