They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry; 10. The verse carries on the idea expressed by “the poor” ( Job 24:9) the poor Which go naked without clothing; And hungry they carry sheaves. The point lies in the antithesis between “hungry” and “carry sheaves”; though … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:10”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:9
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. 9. They pluck ] Or, there are who pluck. The reference is to the ruling class who, for some debt perhaps of the dependent, seize the infant of the debtor, in order by selling it or bringing it up as a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:9”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:8
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. 8. The mountain rains, more violent than even those in the plain, drench these thinly-clad outcasts; and they “embrace the rock,” i. e. huddle in closely under its ledge. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:8”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:7
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold. 7. The verse means, They lie all night naked, without clothing, They have no covering in the cold. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges They cause the naked to lodge without clothing – They strip others of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:7”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:6
They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. 6. The verse reads, They reap their fodder in the field, And glean the vineyard of the wicked. The coarse food which they can possess themselves of is called by the poet “their fodder”; it is scarcely grain; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:6”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:5
Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising quickly for a prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children. 5. The comparison to wild asses expresses their herding together, their flight far from the dwellings of men, and that they find their home and sustenance in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:5”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 4. “Turning the needy out of the way” is a general expression for doing them wrong, hindering them of their just rights; comp. Amo 5:12. The last clause “the poor hide themselves together” seems to sum up the general … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:4”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. 3. By “the ass” and “the ox” is meant the single ass and ox which the fatherless and widow possess, needful for working their small field or affording them scanty nourishment. When deprived of these they are brought to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:3”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:2
[Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof]. 2. Some remove ] Or, there are who remove. In the absence of hedgerows or walls, the landmark defined the boundary of a man’s field or estate. Its removal was equivalent to violent appropriation of the property of another; see Deu 19:14; Hos … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:2”
Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:1
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 1. This verse reads, Why are not times appointed by the Almighty? And why do they that know him not see his days? By “times” and “days” Job means diets of assize for sitting in judgment and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Job 24:1”