Job 24
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]? [Acts 1:7]
2“Some remove the landmarks;
They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].
3“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4“They crowd the needy off the road;
The poor of the land all hide themselves.
5“Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,
The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food;
As bread for their children in the desert.
6“They harvest their fodder in a field [that is not their own],
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
7“They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.
8“They are wet from the rain of the mountains
And cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
9“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],
And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].
10“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.
11“Within the walls [of the wicked] the poor make [olive] oil;
They tread [the grapes in] the wine presses, but thirst.
12“From 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.
14“The murderer rises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he becomes a thief.
15“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
And he covers his face.
16“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light [of day].
17“For 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.
19“Drought and heat consume the snow waters;
So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] those who have sinned.
20“A 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]. [Prov 10:7]
21“He preys on the barren (childless) woman
And does no good for the widow.
22“Yet God draws away the mighty by His power;
He rises, but no one has assurance of life.
23“God gives them security, and they are supported;
And His eyes are on their ways.
24“They 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.
25“And if this is not so, who can prove me a liar
And make my speech worthless?”
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Job 24
24
Job Complains of Violence on the Earth
1“Since #(Acts 1:7)times are not hidden from the Almighty,
Why do those who know Him see not His #(Is. 2:12); Jer. 46:10; (Obad. 15); Zeph. 1:7days?
2“Some remove #(Deut. 19:14; 27:17); Prov. 22:28; 23:10; Hos. 5:10landmarks;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They #(Deut. 24:6, 10, 12, 17); Job 22:6, 9take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
4They push the needy off the road;
All the #Job 29:16; Prov. 28:28poor of the land are forced to hide.
5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert,
They go out to their work, searching for food.
The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
6They gather their fodder in the field
And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
7They #Ex. 22:26, 27; (Deut. 24:12, 13); Job 22:6; (James 2:15, 16)spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And #Lam. 4:5huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
9“Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.
10They cause the poor to go naked, without #Job 31:19clothing;
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
11They press out oil within their walls,
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
12The dying groan in the city,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
13“There are those who rebel against the light;
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
14#Ps. 10:8The murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief.
15#Prov. 7:7–10The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
#Ps. 10:11Saying, ‘No eye will see me’;
And he disguises his face.
16In the dark they break into houses
Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;
#(John 3:20)They do not know the light.
17For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death;
If someone recognizes them,
They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18“They should be swift on the face of the waters,
Their portion should be cursed in the earth,
So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
19As drought and heat consume the snow waters,
So the grave consumes those who have sinned.
20The womb should forget him,
The worm should feed sweetly on him;
#Job 18:17; Ps. 34:16; Prov. 10:7He should be remembered no more,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree.
21For he preys on the barren who do not bear,
And does no good for the widow.
22“But God draws the mighty away with His power;
He rises up, but no man is sure of life.
23He gives them security, and they rely on it;
Yet #Ps. 11:4; (Prov. 15:3)His eyes are on their ways.
24They are exalted for a little while,
Then they are gone.
They are brought low;
They are taken out of the way like all others;
They dry out like the heads of grain.
25“Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar,
And make my speech worth nothing?”
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