Job 24
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1"Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?1"Why are times not stored up by the Almighty, And why do those who know Him not see His days?
2There are those who move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.2"Some remove the landmarks; They seize and devour flocks.
3They drive away the orphan's donkey and take the widow's ox in pledge.3"They drive away the donkeys of the orphans; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.4"They push the needy aside from the road; The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
5Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.5"Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness They go forth seeking food in their activity, As bread for their children in the desert.
6They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.6"They harvest their fodder in the field And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
7Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.7"They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold.
8They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.8"They are wet with the mountain rains And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.9"Others snatch the orphan from the breast, And against the poor they take a pledge.
10Lacking clothes, they go about naked; they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.10"They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing, And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
11They crush olives among the terraces; they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.11"Within the walls they produce oil; They tread wine presses but thirst.
12The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.12"From the city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not pay attention to folly.
13"There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.13"Others have been with those who rebel against the light; They do not want to know its ways Nor abide in its paths.
14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.14"The murderer arises at dawn; He kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.
15The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, 'No eye will see me,' and he keeps his face concealed.15"The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me.' And he disguises his face.
16In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.16"In the dark they dig into houses, They shut themselves up by day; They do not know the light.
17For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.17"For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness, For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.
18"Yet they are foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one goes to the vineyards.18"They are insignificant on the surface of the water; Their portion is cursed on the earth. They do not turn toward the vineyards.
19As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.19"Drought and heat consume the snow waters, So does Sheol those who have sinned.
20The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; the wicked are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree.20"A mother will forget him; The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered. And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
21They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow they show no kindness.21"He wrongs the barren woman And does no good for the widow.
22But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.22"But He drags off the valiant by His power; He rises, but no one has assurance of life.
23He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.23"He provides them with security, and they are supported; And His eyes are on their ways.
24For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.24"They are exalted a little while, then they are gone; Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
25"If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?"25"Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar, And make my speech worthless?"
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