The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night becomes a thief.
Job 24:4 - Tree of Life Version They turn the needy off the path; they force the poor of the land 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 with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night becomes a thief.
for I saved the poor who cried for help, and the orphan who had no one to help him;
I was a father to the needy, and I investigated the case of one I did not know.
Have I not wept for the unfortunate? Was not my soul grieved for the poor?
“If I withheld the desires of the poor or let the eyes of the widow to fail,
if I have seen anyone perishing for lack of clothing or the needy without a covering,
For he never remembered to show mercy. But he persecuted a poor and needy man, crushed in spirit, to put him to death.
The one who oppresses the poor shows contempt for his Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors Him.
The one who oppresses the poor to increase his own gain, and the one who gives to the rich— both end in poverty.
When the righteous triumph there is great glory, but when the wicked rise to power, people hide.
When the wicked rise to power, people hide, but when they perish, the righteous increase.
There is a generation whose teeth are swords and whose molars are knives, to devour the poor from the earth and the needy from among humanity.
to deprive the helpless of justice and rob the rights of the poor of My people, so that widows may be their spoil and orphans their prey!
wronged the poor and needy, taken by robbery, not restored the pledge, lifted up his eyes to the idols, committed abomination,
“As for his father, because he cruelly oppressed, committed robbery from his brother and did what is not good among his people—behold, he will die for his iniquity.
“The people of the land have oppressively blackmailed, plundered in robbery, wronged the poor and needy and abused the outsider unjustly.
They trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth and thwart the way of the humble. A man and his father go to the same girl, to profane My holy Name.
Hear this word, you cows of Bashan, who are on Samaria’s hill, who oppress the poor, who crush the needy, who say to their masters: “Bring, so we may drink.”