translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: JOB

label: NET study note

text: Because of the violence and oppression of the wicked, the poor and needy, the widows and orphans, all are deprived of their rights and forced out of the ways and into hiding just to survive.


text: The point should not be missed – amidst abundant harvests, carrying sheaves about, they are still going hungry.


text: The point is that he is like a thief in that he works during the night, just before the daylight, when the advantage is all his and the victim is most vulnerable.


text: The wicked person is described here as a spray or foam upon the waters, built up in the agitation of the waters but dying away swiftly.


text: The meaning of the verse is that God may allow the wicked to rest in comfort and security, but all the time he is watching them closely with the idea of bringing judgment on them.


text: This marks the end of the disputed section, taken here to be a quotation by Job of their sentiments.