Iyov 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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Job 24

Job Says God Seems to Ignore Wrongs

1“Why does the Almighty not set seasons for judgment?

Why do those who know Him not see His days [for punishment of the wicked]?

2Some remove the landmarks;

They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].

3They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;

They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

4They crowd the needy off the road;

The poor of the land all hide themselves.

5Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,

The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food;

As bread for their children in the desert.

6They harvest their fodder in a field [that is not their own],

And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

7They spend the night naked, without clothing,

And have no covering against the cold.

8They are wet from the rain of the mountains

And cling to the rock for lack of shelter.

9Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],

And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].

10They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,

And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.

11Within the walls [of the wicked] the poor make [olive] oil;

They tread [the grapes in] the wine presses, but thirst.

12From the [populous and crowded] city men groan,

And the souls of the wounded cry out for help;

Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].

13“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;

They do not want to know its ways

Nor stay in its paths.

14The murderer rises at dawn;

He kills the poor and the needy,

And at night he becomes a thief.

15The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,

Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’

And he covers his face.

16In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;

They shut themselves up by day;

They do not know the light [of day].

17For the morning is the same to him as the thick darkness [of midnight];

For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.

18“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;

Their portion is cursed on the earth;

They do not turn toward the vineyards.

19Drought and heat consume the snow waters;

So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] those who have sinned.

20A mother will forget him;

The worm feeds on him until he is no longer remembered.

And wickedness will be broken like a tree [which cannot be restored].

21He preys on the barren (childless) woman

And does no good for the widow.

22Yet God draws away the mighty by His power;

He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

23God gives them security, and they are supported;

And His eyes are on their ways.

24They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone;

Moreover, they are brought low and like everything [they are] gathered up and taken out of the way;

Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

25And if this is not so, who can prove me a liar

And make my speech worthless?”

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