Job 24
1 Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?
Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.
2 They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
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.
Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself — food for young ones.
6 They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
7 They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock...
From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge — have embraced a rock.
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
10 These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry — have taken away a sheaf.
11 They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and God imputeth not the impiety.
Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.
13 There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.
14 The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a 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 the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
16 In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
He hath dug in the darkness — houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known 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.
When together, morning [is] to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.
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.
Light he [is] on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
Drought — also heat — consume snow-waters, Sheol [those who] have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, —
Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten [on] him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.
21 He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
Treating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good,
22 He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
23 [God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.
He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes [are] on their ways.
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.
High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.
25 If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?
