Job 24
1 why? from Almighty not to treasure time (and to know him *Q(K)*) not to see day his
“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
2 border to overtake flock to plunder and to pasture
Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
3 donkey orphan to lead to pledge cattle widow
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
4 to stretch needy from way: road unitedness to hide poor land: country/planet
They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5 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
Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
6 in/on/with land: country fodder his (to reap *Q(K)*) and vineyard wicked to glean
They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
7 naked to lodge from without clothing and nothing covering in/on/with cold
Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
8 from storm mountain: mount be moist and from without refuge to embrace rock
Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
9 to plunder from breast orphan and upon afflicted to pledge
The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
10 naked to go: went without clothing and hungry to lift: bear sheaf
Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
11 between: among wall their to press wine to tread and to thirst
They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
12 from city man to groan and soul slain: wounded to cry and god not to set: put folly
From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
13 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
Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
14 to/for light to arise: rise to murder to slay afflicted and needy and in/on/with night to be like/as thief
When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
15 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
The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
16 to dig in/on/with darkness house: home by day to seal to/for them not to know light
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
17 for together morning to/for them shadow for to recognize terror shadow
For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
18 swift he/she/it upon face: surface water to lighten portion their in/on/with land: country/planet not to turn way: road vineyard
They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 to forget him womb be sweet him worm still not to remember and to break like/as tree injustice
The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
21 to pasture barren not to beget and widow not be good
They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
22 and to draw mighty: strong in/on/with strength his to arise: rise and not be faithful in/on/with life
Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
23 to give: give to/for him to/for security and to lean and eye his upon way: conduct their
He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
24 be exalted little and nothing he and to sink like/as all to gather [emph?] and like/as head ear to languish
They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
25 and if not then who? to lie me and to set: accuse to/for not speech my
If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
