The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.
Job 24:4 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised They push the needy off the road; the poor of the land are forced into hiding. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth hide themselves together. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition They crowd the poor and needy off the road; the poor and meek of the earth all hide themselves. American Standard Version (1901) They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. Common English Bible thrust the poor out of the way, make the land’s needy hide together. Catholic Public Domain Version They have undermined the way of the poor, and have pressed together the meek of the earth. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth. |
The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.
For I rescued the poor who cried out for help, and the fatherless child who had no one to support him.
I was a father to the needy, and I examined the case of the stranger.
Have I not wept for those who have fallen on hard times? Has my soul not grieved for the needy?
If I have refused the wishes of the poor or let the widow’s eyes go blind,
if I have seen anyone dying for lack of clothing or a needy person without a cloak,
The one who oppresses the poor person insults his Maker, but one who is kind to the needy honours him.
Oppressing the poor to enrich oneself, and giving to the rich #– #both lead only to poverty.
When the righteous triumph, there is great rejoicing, but when the wicked come to power, people hide.
When the wicked come to power, people hide, but when they are destroyed, the righteous flourish.
There is a generation whose teeth are swords, whose fangs are knives, devouring the oppressed from the land and the needy from among mankind.
to keep the poor from getting a fair trial and to deprive the needy among my people of justice, so that widows can be their spoil and they can plunder the fatherless.
and when he oppresses the poor and needy, commits robbery, and does not return collateral, and when he looks to the idols, commits detestable acts,
‘As for his father, he will die for his own iniquity because he practised fraud, robbed his brother, and did among his people what was not good.
The people of the land have practised extortion and committed robbery. They have oppressed the poor and needy and unlawfully exploited the resident foreigner.
They trample the heads of the poor on the dust of the ground and obstruct the path of the needy. A man and his father have sexual relations with the same girl, profaning my holy name.
Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring us something to drink.’