< Job 24 >
1 Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?
why? from Almighty not to treasure time (and to know him *Q(K)*) not to see day his
2 They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
border to overtake flock to plunder and to pasture
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
donkey orphan to lead to pledge cattle widow
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
to stretch needy from way: road unitedness to hide poor land: country/planet
5 Lo, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] them food for [their] children.
look! wild donkey in/on/with wilderness to come out: come in/on/with work their to seek to/for prey plain to/for him food to/for youth
6 They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
in/on/with land: country fodder his (to reap *Q(K)*) and vineyard wicked to glean
7 They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
naked to lodge from without clothing and nothing covering in/on/with cold
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock...
from storm mountain: mount be moist and from without refuge to embrace rock
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
to plunder from breast orphan and upon afflicted to pledge
10 These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
naked to go: went without clothing and hungry to lift: bear sheaf
11 They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
between: among wall their to press wine to tread and to thirst
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and God imputeth not the impiety.
from city man to groan and soul slain: wounded to cry and god not to set: put folly
13 There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
they(masc.) to be in/on/with to rebel light not to recognize way: conduct his and not to dwell in/on/with path his
14 The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
to/for light to arise: rise to murder to slay afflicted and needy and in/on/with night to be like/as thief
15 And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.
and eye to commit adultery to keep: look at twilight to/for to say not to see me eye and secrecy face to set: make
16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
to dig in/on/with darkness house: home by day to seal to/for them not to know light
17 For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
for together morning to/for them shadow for to recognize terror shadow
18 He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.
swift he/she/it upon face: surface water to lighten portion their in/on/with land: country/planet not to turn way: road vineyard
19 Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned. (Sheol )
dryness also heat to plunder water snow hell: Sheol to sin (Sheol )
20 The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, —
to forget him womb be sweet him worm still not to remember and to break like/as tree injustice
21 He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
to pasture barren not to beget and widow not be good
22 He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
and to draw mighty: strong in/on/with strength his to arise: rise and not be faithful in/on/with life
23 [God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.
to give: give to/for him to/for security and to lean and eye his upon way: conduct their
24 They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all [other] are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
be exalted little and nothing he and to sink like/as all to gather [emph?] and like/as head ear to languish
25 If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
and if not then who? to lie me and to set: accuse to/for not speech my