“They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.”
Job 24:4 (KJV) |
Job 24:4
From Job 24, in the Book of Job (Old Testament).
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Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
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.
They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.