Iyov 24
24
1Why are times [for judgment] from Shaddai not kept, and why do those who have da'as of him not see his yamim (days [of assize])?
2Some move the boundary stones; they steal edar, and pasture them.
3They drive away the chamor of the yetomim, they take the ox of the almanah for a pledge.
4They thrust the needy out of the derech; the poor of the eretz needs hide themselves together.
5Look, as wild donkeys in the midbar go they forth to their work; foraging for teref (nourishment); the wilderness yieldeth lechem for them and for their na'arim.
6They reap every one his fodder in the sadeh, and they glean the kerem of the resha'im.
7They spend the night arom (naked) without levush (clothing), they have no covering in the cold.
8They are wet with the rain of the harim, and embrace the tzur for want of a shelter.
9They pluck the yatom from the breast, and seize the oni for debt.
10They cause him to go arom without levush, and they take away the omer (sheaf) from the hungry;
11Which crush olives within their walls, and tread their winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
12Men groan from out of the Ir, and the nefesh of the chalalim (wounded ones) crieth out, yet Eloah chargeth not tiflah (folly) to them.
13They are of those that are moredei ohr (rebelling ones against the light); they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14The rotzeach rising with the daylight killeth the oni and needy, and in the lailah is like a ganav.
15The eye also of the no'ef is shomer, watching for the duskʼs twilight, saying, No eye shall see me, and puts something to hide his face.
16In the choshech they dig through batim (houses); in the daytime they shut themselves in; they have no da'as of the ohr.
17For the boker is to them even as the tzalmavet; they are friends with the terrors of tzalmavet.
18Swiftly vanishing is he on the surface of the mayim; their chelek is cursed in ha'aretz; he turneth no more in the derech of the kramim (vineyards).
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters; so doth Sheol those which have sinned.
20The rechem (womb) shall forget him; the worm shall feast on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken like an etz.
21He plundereth the barren that beareth not; and doeth not good to the almanah.
22He drags away also the mighty with his ko'ach; he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23Though it be given him to be in safety, and he be sustained, yet His eynayim are upon their ways.
24They are exalted me'at (for a little while), then they are no more and are withered and snatched away like all others, and cut off like the tops of the ears of grain.
25And if it be not so, who will charge me with lying, and make my milah (word) worth nothing?#24:25 T.N. Notice the question answered by Romans, Galatians, and Gn 15:6 as well as Hab 2:4 is stated in Job 25:4 below; see Ep 2:8-9 and Ro 3:24,26,28; 4:2; 5:1,9; Ga 2:16,17; 3:11,24; 5:4; Ti 3:7; this the most important question raised in the Bible: it is for eternity
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THE ORTHODOX JEWISH BIBLE
FOURTH EDITION © Artists For Israel Intl Inc., 2002-2011, 2021.
Job 24
24
Job Complains of God's Indifference to Wickedness
1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty,
do they that know him not see his days?
2 Some remove the landmarks;
they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless,
they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4They turn the needy out of the way:
the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5Behold, as wild asses in the desert,
go they forth to their work;
rising betimes for a prey:
the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
6They reap every one his corn in the field:
and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing,
that they have no covering in the cold.
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9They pluck the fatherless from the breast,
and take a pledge of the poor.
10They cause him to go naked without clothing,
and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11 which make oil within their walls,
and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12Men groan from out of the city,
and the soul of the wounded crieth out:
yet God layeth not folly to them.
13They are of those that rebel against the light;
they know not the ways thereof,
nor abide in the paths thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light
killeth the poor and needy,
and in the night is as a thief.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight,
saying, No eye shall see me:
and disguiseth his face.
16In the dark they dig through houses,
which they had marked for themselves in the daytime:
they know not the light.
17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death:
if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18He is swift as the waters;
their portion is cursed in the earth:
he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters:
so doth the grave those which have sinned.
20The womb shall forget him;
the worm shall feed sweetly on him;
he shall be no more remembered;
and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not:
and doeth not good to the widow.
22He draweth also the mighty with his power:
he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
23 Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth;
yet his eyes are upon their ways.
24They are exalted for a little while,
but are gone and brought low;
they are taken out of the way as all other,
and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar,
and make my speech nothing worth?
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