< Job 24 >
1 Wherefore, since from the Almighty times are not hid, have, his knowing ones, no vision of his days?
why? from Almighty not to treasure time (and to know him *Q(K)*) not to see day his
2 Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
border to overtake flock to plunder and to pasture
3 The ass of the fatherless, they drive off, they take in pledge the ox of the widow;
donkey orphan to lead to pledge cattle widow
4 They turn aside the needy out of the way, at once, are the humbled of the land made to hide themselves.
to stretch needy from way: road unitedness to hide poor land: country/planet
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;
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 In the field—a man’s fodder, they cut down, and, the vineyard of the lawless, they strip of its late berries;
in/on/with land: country fodder his (to reap *Q(K)*) and vineyard wicked to glean
7 Ill-clad, they are left to lodge without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
naked to lodge from without clothing and nothing covering in/on/with cold
8 With the sweeping rain of the mountains, are they wet, and, through having no shelter, they embrace a rock.
from storm mountain: mount be moist and from without refuge to embrace rock
9 Men tear, from the breast, the fatherless, and, over the poor, they take a pledge;
to plunder from breast orphan and upon afflicted to pledge
10 Naked, they go about without clothing, and, famished, they carry the sheaves;
naked to go: went without clothing and hungry to lift: bear sheaf
11 Between their walls, are they exposed to the sun, Wine-presses, they tread, and yet are thirsty;
between: among wall their to press wine to tread and to 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.
from city man to groan and soul slain: wounded to cry and god not to set: put folly
13 They, have become rebels against the light, —they are not acquainted with the ways thereof, neither abide they 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 With the light, riseth the murderer, He slayeth the poor and needy, And, in the night, he becometh like 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, watcheth for the evening twilight, saying, Not an eye will see me! A covering for the face, he putteth on;
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 He breaketh, in the dark, into houses, —By day, they lock 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, in the case of all such, morning to them is the death-shade, For, to be recognised, is a death-shade terror.
for together morning to/for them shadow for to recognize terror shadow
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.
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, steal away snow water, Hades, them who have sinned. (Sheol )
dryness also heat to plunder water snow hell: Sheol to sin (Sheol )
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.
to forget him womb be sweet him worm still not to remember and to break like/as tree injustice
21 He oppresseth the barren who beareth not, and, to the widow, he doeth not good;
to pasture barren not to beget and widow not be good
22 Yea he draggeth along the mighty by his strength, He riseth up, and none hath assurance of life;
and to draw mighty: strong in/on/with strength his to arise: rise and not be faithful in/on/with life
23 It is given him to be secure, and confident, 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 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.
be exalted little and nothing he and to sink like/as all to gather [emph?] and like/as head ear to languish
25 But, if not, who then can convict me of falsehood? or make of no account my words?
and if not then who? to lie me and to set: accuse to/for not speech my