Job 24:4

4 A los pobres los echan del camino;
los necesitados tienen que esconderse juntos para estar a salvo.

Job 24:4 Meaning and Commentary

Job 24:4

They turn the needy out of the way
Either, in a moral sense, out of the right way, the way of righteousness and truth, by their bad examples, or by their threatenings or flatteries; or, in a civil sense, out of the way of their livelihood, by taking that from them by which they got it; or, in a literal sense, obliging them to turn out of the way from them, in a supercilious and haughty manner, or causing them, through fear of them, to get out of the way, that they might not meet them, lest they should insult them, beat and abuse them, or take that little from them they had, as follows:

the poor of the earth hide themselves together;
who are not only poor in purse, but poor in spirit, meek, humble, and lowly, and have not spirit and courage to stand against such oppressors, but are easily crushed by them; these through fear of them hide themselves in holes and corners in a body, in a large company together, lest they should fall into their cruel hands, and be used by them in a barbarous manner, see ( Proverbs 28:28 ) .

Job 24:4 In-Context

2 La gente malvada roba tierras moviendo los límites de propiedad;
roba animales y los pone en sus propios campos.

3 Los malos le quitan el burro al huérfano
y a la viuda le exigen el buey como garantía por un préstamo.

4 A los pobres los echan del camino;
los necesitados tienen que esconderse juntos para estar a salvo.

5 Igual que los burros salvajes en los lugares desolados,
los pobres pasan todo su tiempo buscando comida,
hasta en el desierto buscan alimento para sus hijos.

6 Cosechan un campo que no es suyo,
y recogen las sobras en los viñedos de los malvados.