The Meaning of Job 24:6 Explained

Job 24:6

KJV: They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

YLT: In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.

Darby: They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;

ASV: They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 24:6?

MEANING: What does Job 24:6 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 24:6 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 24:6?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

They reap  {08675;07114:08686} [every one] his corn  in the field:  and they gather  the vintage  of the wicked. 

What does Job 24:6 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 24:1-25 - Not Here, But Hereafter
Job laments that the times of punishment are not so explained by God, that those who know Him may see and understand His reasons. He then turns to describe the life of the ungodly, who do dark deeds with apparent impunity. A very sad catalogue of crimes follows. The oppression of the needy, the driving away of the ass of the fatherless, the taking of the widow's ox for a pledge, the frequenting of the wilderness, the plunder of caravans regardless of the claims of pity, the stealing of oil and wine from those who had labored to produce them, the murdering of the poor laboring man at the dawn, the commission of crimes at night-such are the iniquities which are described. And these crimes are still committed in so-called Christian lands. Wonderful that God should bear with us, but His long-suffering would fain lead men to repent. It is only after long forbearing and trial that He cuts down.
In his closing words, Job 24:18-21, Job quotes the opinion of his friends as to the condition of the ungodly, that they pass away swiftly as the waters, and are snapped as a branch of a tree. And, in opposition, he states his own view, Job 24:23-25, that they die in exalted positions, not by a painful and lingering death, but as corn in the maturity of the ear. This also is true. Wicked men do not always meet their deserts in this world. In the next world penalty is inevitable. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 24

1  Wickedness often goes unpunished
17  There is a secret judgment for the wicked

What do the individual words in Job 24:6 mean?

In the field their fodder - they gather and in the vineyard of the wicked glean
בַּ֭שָּׂדֶה בְּלִיל֣וֹ [יקצירו] (יִקְצ֑וֹרוּ) וְכֶ֖רֶם רָשָׁ֣ע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ

בַּ֭שָּׂדֶה  In  the  field 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: שָׂדֶה 
Sense: field, land.
בְּלִיל֣וֹ  their  fodder 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בְּלִיל  
Sense: fodder.
[יקצירו]  - 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
(יִקְצ֑וֹרוּ)  they  gather 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: קָצוּר 
Sense: to be short, be impatient, be vexed, be grieved.
וְכֶ֖רֶם  and  in  the  vineyard 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כֶּרֶם 
Sense: vineyard.
רָשָׁ֣ע  of  the  wicked 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular
Root: רָשָׁע  
Sense: wicked, criminal.
יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ  glean 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: לָקַשׁ  
Sense: to glean, gather, take the aftermath, take everything.

What are the major concepts related to Job 24:6?

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