He is swift upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: He turneth not by the way of the vineyards.
Job 24:6 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. 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. |
He is swift upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: He turneth not by the way of the vineyards.
Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for meat; The wilderness yieldeth them food for their children.
They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, Or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
Thou shalt sow, but shalt not reap: thou shalt tread the olives, but shalt not anoint thee with oil; and the vintage, but shalt not drink the wine.
The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
and he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee corn, wine, or oil, the increase of thy kine, or the young of thy flock, until he have caused thee to perish.