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Job 24

Job 24:11

Job: Judgment for the Wicked · Job 24:1–25
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Translations

Modern
They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
Traditional
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Literal
Between their walls they press oil; they tread the winepresses and go thirsty.
Latin
Inter acervos eorum meridiati sunt, qui calcatis torcularibus sitiunt.

Original

Hebrew
English
They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.

Notes

Job 24:11

Forcing workers to tread the winepresses while they go thirsty violates the principle of letting workers enjoy some of the produce they are harvesting (see Deuteronomy 25:4; compare 2 Timothy 2:6).

Job 24:2–17

This list of criminal behaviors first emphasizes crimes against weak people (24:2–12). Then it examines the criminals themselves (24:13–17).

Events

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

Dishonesty: General Scriptures Concerning God: Providence of, Mysterious and Misinterpreted Homicide: Felonious, or Murder Oil: The Poor Employed in Extracted Wicked (People): Described Wicked (People): Temporal Punishment of