Job 24:11
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.”
A short, plain-language explanation of Job 24:11 goes here — the kind of answer a reader (or an AI assistant) can quote in one breath. Original meaning coming soon.
“They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.”
King James Version · Public Domain“They make oil within the walls of these men; They treadtheirwinepresses, and suffer thirst.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Job 24:11 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Deuteronomy 25:4Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
- Jeremiah 22:13“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
- James 5:4Look, the wages you withheld from the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord of Hosts.
Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).