Job 24:11 | TNotes | STEP | 24:11 without being allowed to taste it: These words, which are not in the original text, are implied by the parallel with starving and suffer from thirst . • To force workers to tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst violates the principle of letting workers enjoy some of the produce they are harvesting (see Deut 25:4 ; cp. 2 Tim 2:6 ).

bDeut 25:4►

c2 Tim 2:6►

‏ Job 24:11

24:11 ^a without being allowed to taste it: These words, which are not in the original text, are implied by the parallel with starving and suffer from thirst.

• To force workers to tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst violates the principle of letting workers enjoy some of the produce they are harvesting (see Deut 25:4 ^b; cp. 2 Tim 2:6 ^c).