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They cut their provender in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
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A Picture of Brazen Theft
Commentators explain that this verse describes audacious, open-field robbery. The wicked don't work for their own food; they forcefully reap the harvests of others as if they owned them. The term for "provender" often refers to mixed grain for animals, highlighting that they will steal even the lowest quality sustenance.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
They reap every one his corn - Margin, “mingled corn,” or “dredge.” The word used here (בליל belîyl) denotes, pro…
19th Century
Anglican
They reap every one his corn. — Or, probably, the corn, that is, of the wicked tyrant. While they reap …
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They reap [everyone] his corn in the field Not the poor, who are obliged to reap the corn of the wicked for them wit…
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…
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