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Job 24:6

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24:6They reap fodder10 in the field,

and glean11 in the vineyard of the wicked.

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Footnotes

  1. 10 The word בְּלִילוֹ (bélilo) means “his fodder.” It is unclear to what this refers. If the suffix is taken as a collective, then it can be translated “they gather/reap their fodder.” The early versions all have “they reap in a field which is not his” (taking it as בְּלִי לוֹ, béli lo). A conjectural emendation would change the word to בַּלַּיְלָה (ballaylah, “in the night”). But there is no reason for this.
  2. 11 The verbs in this verse are uncertain. In the first line “reap” is used, and that would be the work of a hired man (and certainly not done at night). The meaning of this second verb is uncertain; it has been taken to mean “glean,” which would be the task of the poor.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They gather their fodder in the field,

and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They gather fodder in the fields

and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They gather their fodder in the field

and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

NLTNew Living Translation

They harvest a field they do not own,

and they glean in the vineyards of the wicked.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They reap their fodder in the field,

and they glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

KJV 1900King James Version

They reap every one his corn in the field:

And they gather the vintage of the wicked.