Job 24
1 why? from Almighty not to treasure time (and to know him *Q(K)*) not to see day his
"Why aren't times made known by Shaddai? Why do not those who know him see his days?
2 border to overtake flock to plunder and to pasture
There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
3 donkey orphan to lead to pledge cattle widow
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and 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 poor of the earth 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
Look, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
6 in/on/with land: country fodder his (to reap *Q(K)*) and vineyard wicked to glean
They cut their provender in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
7 naked to lodge from without clothing and nothing covering in/on/with cold
They lie all 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 embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
9 to plunder from breast orphan and upon afflicted to pledge
There are those who 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
So that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.
11 between: among wall their to press wine to tread and to thirst
They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.
12 from city man to groan and soul slain: wounded to cry and god not to set: put folly
From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn't regard the folly.
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
"These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know its ways, nor abide in 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
The murderer rises with the light. He kills 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 also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, 'No eye shall see me.' He disguises 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. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
17 for together morning to/for them shadow for to recognize terror shadow
For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick 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 foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They do not turn into the way of the vineyards.
Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol 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 shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. Unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
21 to pasture barren not to beget and widow not be good
He devours the barren who do not bear. He shows 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 he preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has 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 security, and they rest in it. 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; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
25 and if not then who? to lie me and to set: accuse to/for not speech my
If it isn't so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?"
