< Job 24 >

1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
why? from Almighty not to treasure time (and to know him *Q(K)*) not to see day his
2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
border to overtake flock to plunder and to pasture
3 They drive away the donkey 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 poor of the earth hide themselves together.
to stretch needy from way: road unitedness to hide poor land: country/planet
5 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and 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 every one his provender in the field: 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 cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they 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 embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
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 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
naked to go: went without clothing and hungry to lift: bear sheaf
11 Which make oil within their walls, and 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: yet God layeth not folly to them.
from city man to groan and soul slain: wounded to cry and god not to set: put folly
13 They are of 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 rising with the light killeth the poor 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 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth 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, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: 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 even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
for together morning to/for them shadow for to recognize terror shadow
18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not 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 the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
dryness also heat to plunder water snow hell: Sheol to sin (Sheol h7585)
20 The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be 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 evil entreateth 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 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet 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 while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the heads of grain.
be exalted little and nothing he and to sink like/as all to gather [emph?] and like/as head ear to languish
25 And 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

< Job 24 >