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A Picture of Exploitation
Commentators explain this verse as a vivid depiction of extreme exploitation. The wicked force the poor to labor, pressing olives for oil and treading grapes for wine, yet cruelly deny them even a drink to quench their thirst. This illustrates a profound injustice where laborers are deprived of the very fruits of their work.
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Albert Barnes
On Job 24:11
18th Century
Theologian
Which made oil within their walls - Or rather, they compel them to express oil within their walls. The word יצהירו yatshı̂yrû
Charles Spurgeon
On Job 24:6–12
19th Century
Preacher
He lets them alone, leaves them to do as they please. So it seems; but this is not the day of judgment, and this is not the place of final retribut…
John Gill
On Job 24:11
17th Century
Pastor
[Which] make oil within their walls
Not the poor within their own walls; as if the sense was, that they made their o…
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Matthew Henry
On Job 24:1–12
17th Century
Minister
Job discusses further the prosperity of the wicked. He had previously shown, in chapter 21, that many who are ungodly and profane live at ease.
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