Job 24:4 Cross References - Great

⁴ that thrust the poore out of the waye, and oppresse the simple of the worlde together.

¹⁴ Tymely in the mornynge do they aryse, to murthur the symple and poore, and in the nyght they go a stealynge.

¹² For I deliuered the poore when he cried, and so did I the fatherlesse and him that had none to holde him.

²⁵ Did not I wepe with him that was in trouble? Had not my soule compassion vpon the poore?

¹⁶ When the poore desired any thinge at me, haue I denied it them? Haue I caused the widdowe to stande waytinge for me in vayne?

¹ To the chaunter, a Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that consydreth the poore the Lorde shall delyuer hym in the tyme of trouble.

¹⁶ His delyte was in cursyng, & it shall happen vnto him: he loued not blessyng, therfore shall it be farre from him.

¹⁶ Who so doth a poore man wronge to increase his awne riches, & geueth vnto the riche to please him, at the last commeth to pouerte him selfe.

¹² When ryghteous men are in prosperite, then doth honoure florysh but when the vngodly come vp, the state of men chaungeth.

²⁸ When the vngodly are come vp, men are fayne to hyde them selues: but when they perysh, the ryghteous increase.

¹⁴ There is a generacion whose teth are swerdes, & with theyr chaw bones they consume & deuoure the symple of the earth, and the poore from amonge men.

² wher thorow the poore are oppressed, on euery syde, and the innocentes of my people robbed of iudgement: that wyddowes maye be theyr praye, and that they maye robbe the fatherlesse.

¹² he greueth the poore & nedy: he robbeth & spoyleth: he geueth not the detter his pledge againe, he lyfteth vp his eyes vnto Idols, & medleth with abhominable thinges:

¹⁸ As for his father: because he oppressed & spoyled hys brother, and dyd wyckedly amonge his people: lo, he is deed in his awne synne.

²⁹ The people in the lande vseth wycked extorcyon & robbery. They vexe the poore & nedye and oppresse the straunger agaynst ryght.

⁷ They treade vpon poore mens heades, in the dust of the earth, & croke the wayes of the meke. The sonne and the father go to the harlot, to dishonoure my holy name,

⁴ Heare thys, O ye that oppresse the poore, and destroye the nedy in the lande, saying: ⁵ When will the new moneth be gone, that we maye sell vytayle, & the Sabboth, that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne: to make the bushel lesse, and the Sycle greater? ⁶ We shall set vp false wayghtes, that we maye get the pore vuder vs wyth theyr money, and the nedy also for shoes: yee, let vs sell the chaffe for corne.

¹ O wo vnto them, that Imagyn to do herme, and deuyse vngracyousnesse vpon theyr beddes, to perfourme it in the cleare daye: for ther power is agaynst God. ² When they couet to haue lande, they take it by vyolence, they robbe men of theyr houses. Thus they oppresse a man for his house & euery man for his herytage.

⁴ Beholde the hyre of labourers which haue reaped downe youre feldes (which hyre is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: & the cryes of them which haue reaped, are entred in to the eares of the Lord Sabaoth. ⁵ Ye haue lyued in pleasure on the erthe, & bene wantan. Ye haue norysshed youre hertes, as in a daye of slaughter. ⁶ Ye haue condempned and kylled the iust, and he hath not resisted you.