< Job 24 >

1 why? from Almighty not to treasure time (and to know him *Q(K)*) not to see day his
Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?
2 border to overtake flock to plunder and to pasture
They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
3 donkey orphan to lead to pledge cattle widow
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
4 to stretch needy from way: road unitedness to hide poor land: country/planet
They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
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
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.
6 in/on/with land: country fodder his (to reap *Q(K)*) and vineyard wicked to glean
They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
7 naked to lodge from without clothing and nothing covering in/on/with cold
They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
8 from storm mountain: mount be moist and from without refuge to embrace rock
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock...
9 to plunder from breast orphan and upon afflicted to pledge
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
10 naked to go: went without clothing and hungry to lift: bear sheaf
These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
11 between: among wall their to press wine to tread and to thirst
They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 from city man to groan and soul slain: wounded to cry and god not to set: put folly
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and God imputeth not the impiety.
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
There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 to/for light to arise: rise to murder to slay afflicted and needy and in/on/with night to be like/as thief
The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as 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
And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [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; they know not the light:
17 for together morning to/for them shadow for to recognize terror shadow
For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
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
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.
19 dryness also heat to plunder water snow hell: Sheol to sin (Sheol h7585)
Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that 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 forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, —
21 to pasture barren not to beget and widow not be good
He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good 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
He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
23 to give: give to/for him to/for security and to lean and eye his upon way: conduct their
[God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon 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 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.
25 and if not then who? to lie me and to set: accuse to/for not speech my
If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

< Job 24 >