King James Version

Job 24:4

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

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יַטּ֣וּyatvspreadנָטָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “spread”, an unfinished actionH5186to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application[phrase] afternoon, apply, bow (down, -ing), carry aside, decline, deliver, extend, go down, be gone, incline, intend, lay, let down, offer, outstretched, overthrown, pervert, pitch, prolong, put away, shew, spread (out), stretch (forth, o…אֶבְיוֹנִ֣יםevyonimbeggarאֶבְיוֹןadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “beggar”, the ordinary formH34destitutebeggar, needy, poor (man).מִדָּ֑רֶךְmidarekhfrom alongדֶּרֶךְpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “from along”, the ordinary formH1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverbalong, away, because of, [phrase] by, conversation, custom, (east-) ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-) way(-side), whither(-soever).יַ֥חַדyachadalikeיַחַדadverb — “alike”H3162properly, a unit, i.e. (adverb) unitedlyalike, at all (once), both, likewise, only, (al-) together, withal.חֻ֝בְּא֗וּchubvhideחָבָאverb, pual, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “hide”, a completed actionH2244to secrete[idiom] held, hide (self), do secretly.עֲנִיֵּיaniyehumbleעָנָוadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, construct — “humble”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6035depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare H6041 (עָנִי).אָֽרֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Young’s Literal Translation

They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

World English Bible

They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

Darby Translation

They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.

Douay-Rheims

They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

They turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐξέκλιναν ἀδυνάτους ἐξ ὁδοῦ δικαίας, ὁμοθυμαδὸν δὲ ἐκρύβησαν πρᾳεῖς γῆς.