Job 24:6
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
Job 24:6 in other translations
| BSB | They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked. |
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| WEB | They cut their food in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked. |
| ASV | They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. |
| YLT | In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean. |
| DARBY | They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked; |
| BBE | They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth. |
| Webster | They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. |
What does Job 24:6 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 24:2-25
2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 24:1-12
Job discourses further about the prosperity of the wicked. That many live at ease who are ungodly and profane, he had showed, ch. xxi. Here he shows that many who live in open defiance of all the laws of justice, succeed in wicked practices; and we do not see them reckoned with in this world. He notices those that do wrong under pretence of law and authority; and robbers, those that do wrong by force. He says, "God…
Job 24:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 24:6
- Micah 6:15
Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.
- Judges 6:3-6
And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them; And they encamped against them, and destroyed the increase of the earth, till thou come unto Gaza, and left no sustenance for Israel, neither sheep, nor ox, nor ass. For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it. And Israel was greatly impoverished because of the Midianites; and the children of Israel cried unto the Lord.
- Deuteronomy 28:33
The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
- Deuteronomy 28:51
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
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Context
- Job 24:5
Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
- Job 24:6
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
- Job 24:7
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Job 24:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | En el campo siegan su pasto, y los impíos vendimian la viña ajena. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils moissonnent le fourrage dans les champs, ils grappillent la vigne du méchant; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Auf dem Felde schneiden sie sein Futterkorn ab und lesen den Weinberg des Gesetzlosen nach. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Agrum non suum demetunt, et vineam ejus, quem vi oppresserint, vindemiant. |