Job 24
1 Wherefore, since from the Almighty times are not hid, have, his knowing ones, no vision of his days?
Howe should not the times be hid from the Almightie, seeing that they which knowe him, see not his dayes?
2 Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
Some remoue the land marks, that rob the flockes and feede thereof.
3 The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow;
They leade away the asse of the fatherles: and take the widowes oxe to pledge.
4 They turn aside the needy out of the way, at once, are the humbled of the land made to hide themselves.
They make the poore to turne out of the way, so that the poore of the earth hide themselues together.
5 Lo! [as] wild asses in the wilderness, they go forth with their work, eager seekers for prey, the waste plain, yieldeth them food for their young;
Behold, others as wilde asses in the wildernesse, goe forth to their businesse, and rise early for a praye: the wildernesse giueth him and his children foode.
6 In the field—a man’s fodder, they cut down, and, the vineyard of the lawless, they strip of its late berries;
They reape his prouision in the fielde, but they gather the late vintage of the wicked.
7 Ill-clad, they are left to lodge without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without couering in the colde.
8 With the sweeping rain of the mountains, are they wet, and, through having no shelter, they embrace a rock.
They are wet with the showres of the moutaines, and they imbrace the rocke for want of a couering.
9 Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;
They plucke the fatherles from the breast, and take the pledge of the poore.
10 Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves;
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and take the glening from the hungrie.
11 Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine-presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;
They that make oyle betweene their walles, and treade their wine presses, suffer thirst.
12 Out of the city—out of the houses, they make outcry. and, the soul of the wounded, calleth for help, and, GOD, doth not regard it as foolish.
Men cry out of the citie, and the soules of the slayne cry out: yet God doth not charge them with follie.
13 They, have become rebels against the light, —they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they in the paths thereof.
These are they, that abhorre the light: they know not the wayes thereof, nor continue in the paths thereof.
14 With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like a thief.
The murtherer riseth earely and killeth the poore and the needie: and in the night he is as a theefe.
15 And, the eye of the adulterer, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, and sayth, None eye shall see me, and disguiseth his face.
16 He breaketh, in the dark, into houses, —By day, they lock themselves in, They know not the light;
They digge through houses in the darke, which they marked for themselues in the daye: they knowe not the light.
17 For, in the case of all such, morning to them is the death-shade, For, to be recognised, is a death-shade terror.
But the morning is euen to them as the shadow of death: if one knowe them, they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death.
18 Swift is he on the face of the waters, Speedily vanished their share in the land, He turneth not to the way of the vineyards.
He is swift vpon the waters: their portion shalbe cursed in the earth: he will not behold the way of the vineyardes.
As the dry ground and heate consume the snowe waters, so shall the graue the sinners. (Sheol h7585)
20 Maternal love shall forget him, the worm shall find him sweet, No more shall he be remembered, but perversity shall be shivered like a tree.
The pitifull man shall forget him: the worme shall feele his sweetenes: he shalbe no more remembered, and the wicked shalbe broke like a tree.
21 He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good;
He doth euil intreat ye barren, that doeth not beare, neither doeth he good to the widowe.
22 Yea he draggeth along the mighty by his strength, He riseth up, and none hath assurance of life;
He draweth also the mighty by his power, and when he riseth vp, none is sure of life.
23 It is given him to be secure, and confident, yet, his eyes, are upon their ways.
Though men giue him assurance to be in safetie, yet his eyes are vpon their wayes.
24 They are exalted a little, and are not, Yea having been laid low, like all men, are they gathered, Even as the top of an ear of corn, do they hang down.
They are exalted for a litle, but they are gone, and are brought lowe as all others: they are destroyed, and cut off as the toppe of an eare of corne.
25 But, if not, who then can convict me of falsehood? or make of no account my words?
But if it be not so, where is he? or who wil proue me a lyer, and make my words of no value?
