Job 24:11
“Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Which make oil within their walls,.... Not the poor within their own walls; as if the sense was, that they made their…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Which made oil within their walls - Or rather, they compel them to express oil within their walls. The word יצהירו…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 24:1-12
Job's friends had been very positive in it that they should soon see the fall of wicked people, how much soever they…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
A similar contrast between "tread the winepresses" and "suffer thirst." The expression "within their walls" refers to…