“They harvest their fodder in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

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They gather fodder(A) in the fields
    and glean in the vineyards(B) of the wicked.(C)

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10 “They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
11 “Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but thirst.
12 “From the city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God (A)does not pay attention to folly.

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10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;(A)
    they carry the sheaves,(B) but still go hungry.
11 They crush olives among the terraces[a];
    they tread the winepresses,(C) yet suffer thirst.(D)
12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
    and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(E)
    But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Behold, (A)the pay of the laborers who mowed your fields, and which has been withheld by you, cries out against you; and (B)the outcry of those who did the harvesting has reached the ears of (C)the Lord of [a]Sabaoth.

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Footnotes

  1. James 5:4 I.e. Hosts

Look! The wages you failed to pay the workers(A) who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries(B) of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty.(C)

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