| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1“Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, Why do those who know Him see not His days? | 1"Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days? |
| 2“Some remove landmarks; They seize flocks violently and feed on them; | 2Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them. |
| 3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox as a pledge. | 3They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as a pledge. |
| 4They push the needy off the road; All the poor of the land are forced to hide. | 4They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together. |
| 5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, They go out to their work, searching for food. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children. | 5Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children. |
| 6They gather their fodder in the field And glean in the vineyard of the wicked. | 6They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked. |
| 7They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering in the cold. | 7They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold. |
| 8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter. | 8They are soaked by mountain rains and huddle in the rocks because they lack shelter. |
| 9“Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor. | 9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge. |
| 10They cause the poor to go naked, without clothing; And they take away the sheaves from the hungry. | 10They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves. |
| 11They press out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst. | 11They press out the olive oil between the rows of olive trees; they tread the winepresses while they are thirsty. |
| 12The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong. | 12From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing. |
| 13“There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths. | 13There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths. |
| 14The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief. | 14Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief. |
| 15The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me’; And he disguises his face. | 15And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask. |
| 16In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light. | 16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light. |
| 17For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death; If someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death. | 17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness. |
| 18“They should be swift on the face of the waters, Their portion should be cursed in the earth, So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards. | 18"You say, 'He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard. |
| 19As drought and heat consume the snow waters, So the grave consumes those who have sinned. | 19The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned. |
| 20The womb should forget him, The worm should feed sweetly on him; He should be remembered no more, And wickedness should be broken like a tree. | 20The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down. |
| 21For he preys on the barren who do not bear, And does no good for the widow. | 21He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well. |
| 22“But God draws the mighty away with His power; He rises up, but no man is sure of life. | 22But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life. |
| 23He gives them security, and they rely on it; Yet His eyes are on their ways. | 23God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways. |
| 24They are exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all others; They dry out like the heads of grain. | 24They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.' |
| 25“Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?” | 25"If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?" |
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