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They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
Which made oil within their walls - Or rather, they compel them to express oil within their walls. The word יצהירו yatshı̂yrû
19th Century
Baptist
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[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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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.
13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding chapter, Job argued that he had not been punished because of wickedness, as Eliphaz had asserted (Job 22:5). Now, he w…
