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What does Job 24:4 mean?

"They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves."

— Job 24:4 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

2

There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

3

They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

4

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

5

Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.

6

They cut their food in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.

7

They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

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