Job 24:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They reap every one his cornb in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. ”

Job 24:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

They reap every one his corn - Margin, “mingled corn,” or “dredge.” The word used here ( בליל b e lı̂yl ) denotes, properly, “meslin,” mixed provender, made up of various kinds of grain, as...
Job 24:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

They reap [every one] (f) his corn in the field: and they gather the (g) vintage of the wicked. (f) Meaning the poor man's. (g) Signifying that one wicked man will not spoil another, but for necess...
Job 24:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 24. This chapter has since Merx in 1871 been subjected to much criticism, the general trend of which has been to deny the whole or a considerable part of the chapter to Job. Peake, however, con...
Job 24:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

every one. Figure of speech Ellipsis . App-6. his corn. Hebrew. belilo . But if divided thus, beli lo , it means "not his own". The word "corn" must be supplied as an Ellipsis of the accusa...
Job 24:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. They reap every one his corn in the field - This is perfectly characteristic. These wandering hordes often make...
Job 24:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity. Some - the wicked. Landmarks - boundar...
Job 24:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job's Seventh Speech (concluded) 1-25. Job continues to express his perplexity at the ways of Providence in the ordering of the world. The poor and the weak suffer; violence and wrong go unpunishe...
Job 24:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

They reap every one his corn. — Or, probably, the corn, that is, of the wicked tyrant. While they reap his corn and cut his provender, they have to go without themselves.
Job 24:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

XX. WHERE IS ELOAH? Job 23:1-17 ; Job 24:1-25 Job SPEAKS THE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind. "Again to...
Job 24:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

not Here, but Hereafter Job 24:1-25 Job laments that the times of punishment are not so explained by God, that those who know Him may see and understand His reasons. He then turns to describe t...
Job 24:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Passing from the personal aspect of his problem, Job considered it in its wider application. He asked the reason of God's noninterference, and then proceeded to describe the evidences of it. Men stil...
Job 24:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(2) Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. (3) They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. (4) They turn the needy out of...
Job 24:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

SUCCESSFUL SIN ‘The vintage of the wicked.’ Job 24:6 I. When we think about sin we are almost always most impressed with its disastrousness when it is a failure. —When it brought infamy, di...
Job 24:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They reap [everyone] his corn in the field ,.... Not the poor, who are obliged to reap the corn of the wicked for them without any wages, as some; but rather the wicked reap the corn of the poor; th...
Job 24:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. Ver. 6. They reap every one his corn in the field ] The poor oppressed are made by them to harvest their cro...
Job 24:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They reap every one his corn in the field The words, every one , are not in the original, and ought not to have been inserted here, as they alter the sense. The clause would be better translated w...
Job 24:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

DOES GOD FAIL TO GOVERN PROPERLY? (vv.1-12) "Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? Why do not they who know Him see His days?" (v.1 - JND trans.) Job wonders why God (who is Almighty...
Job 24:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Outward Prosperity of the Wicked. B. C. 1520. 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from th...
Job 24:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They; either, 1. The poor, who are forced to gather in the corn and grapes of their wicked oppressors; or rather, 2. The oppressors, of whom he speaks Job 4:4,5,7 . His corn, i.e. the corn...
Job 24:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CONTINUATION OF JOB’S REPLY TO ELIPHAZ Prosecutes his own view of the Divine government. Enlarges on the crimes of one part of men and the sufferings of another as the consequences of them, to s...
Job 24:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 24:1 . Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? «Why do they live so long? Why do they appear to have such prosperity?» Job 24:2-4 . Some...
Job 24:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 24:3 . They drive away the ass of the fatherless. In Job's time there was no regular government or empire, to bring neighbouring tyrants to justice; proof sufficient that this book is of the h...
Job 24:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty. Great crimes not always followed by great punishment in this life I. Great crimes have prevailed on the earth from the earliest times. Amongs...
Job 24:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The general subject of this chapter is the prosperity of the wicked, whose proceedings and their results are traced out in detail ( Job 24:2-18 ). A single note of perplexity ( Job 24...
Job 24:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Hidden Ways of God with Regard to the Wicked
Job 24:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 28:33 ; Deuteronomy 28:51 ; Judges 6:3-6 ; Micah 6:15
Job 24:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

They — The oppressors. Wicked — Of such as themselves: so they promiscuously robbed all, even their brethren in iniquity.

Job 24:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Job 24:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Job 24:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Job 24:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Job 24:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Job 24:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Job 24:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Job 24:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Job 24:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Job 24:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Job 24:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Job 24:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Job 24:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Job 24:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Job 24:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Job 24:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 24:6 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Job 24:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Job 24:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Job 24:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Job 24:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Job 24:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Job 24:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Job 24:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Job 24:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Job 24:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 24:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes