Job 24:4
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 24:4 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 24:4 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 24:4 — KJV
“They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.”
— Job 24:4 (KJV)
Job 24:4 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 24:4
“To turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless!”
Shares key themes with Job 24:4: turn, needy, way
“That pant after the dust of the earth on the head of the poor, and turn aside the way of the meek: and a man and his father will go in unto the same maid, to profane my holy name: maid: or, young woman”
Shares key themes with Job 24:4: turn, way, poor
“And the LORD said unto me, Arise, get thee down quickly from hence; for thy people which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt have corrupted themselves; they are quickly turned aside out of the way which I commanded them; they have made them a molten image.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:4: turn, way, themselves
“And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers meet you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:4: turn, way, hide
“And yet they would not hearken unto their judges, but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.”
Shares key themes with Job 24:4: turn, way, themselves
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