Job 24
24
Futility of Injustice
1“Why are times not stored up by Shaddai? And why do those who know Him not see His days?
2Some remove the boundary-stones; they steal flocks and pasture them.
3They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox as a pledge.
4They turn the needy off the path; they force the poor of the land into hiding.
5Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert, they go about their work, foraging prey in the desert as food for their children.
6They reap their fodder in the field and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
7Without clothing they spend the night naked, without covering against the cold.
8They are drenched by mountain rains, and hug the rock for lack of shelter.
9The orphan is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.
10They wander about naked, without clothing and go hungry while they carry sheaves.
11They press oil between the terraces; they tread winepresses, but are thirsty.
12From the city men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out; yet God charges no one with folly.
13These are those who rebel against the light, who do not recognize its ways or stay in its paths.
14The murderer rises with the light, kills the poor and needy, and in the night becomes a thief.
15The eye of the adulterer waits for twilight, thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he disguises his face.
16When it is dark, they break into houses, but by day, they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
17For to all of them, morning is as thick darkness; they are familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.
18“He is foam on the surface of water; their portion of the land is cursed; no one turns toward their vineyards.
19As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol, takes away those who have sinned.
20The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. But like a tree, wickedness is broken.
21He feeds on the barren and childless woman, and shows no kindness to the widow.
22But He drags off the mighty by His power; He raises up, yet no one has assurance of life.
23He allows him to rest in a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
24They are exalted for a little while and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others, they are like heads of grain they wither.
25Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar, and reduce my speech to nothing?”
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Iyoḇ (Job) 24
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1“Times are not hidden from the Almighty, and why have not those who know Him seen His days?
2They remove landmarks; they rob and feed on flocks;
3they drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow’s ox as a pledge;
4they turn the needy out of the way; the poor of the earth have hidden together.
5See, as wild donkeys in the wilderness they go about their tasks, eager seekers for prey; the desert gives his bread, for the children.
6They reap his fodder in a field and they glean the vineyard of the wrong.
7They spend the night naked, without a garment, and without covering in the cold.
8They are wet with the showers of the hills, and have embraced a rock for lack of shelter.
9They snatch away the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge from the poor;
10naked, they shall go about without a garment; and hungry, they shall take away sheaves.
11They press out oil within their walls; winepresses they shall tread, yet suffer thirst.
12Men groan in the city, and the beings of the wounded cry out, and Eloah does not regard it as foolish.
13They have become rebels against the light; they have not known His ways nor remained in His paths.
14The murderer rises at daylight, he kills the poor and needy, and in the night he is as a thief.
15And the eye of the adulterer watches for dusk, saying, ‘No eye sees me.’ And he puts a covering on the face.
16In the dark he has broken into houses; by day they shut themselves up; they have not known light.
17For all of them morning is the same as the shadow of death, when he discerns the extreme fears of the shadow of death.
18He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth; he does not turn into the way of vineyards.
19Drought and heat snatch away snow waters – She’ol those who have sinned.
20The womb forgets him, the worm feeds sweetly on him; he is remembered no more, and wickedness is broken like a tree;
21treating evil the barren who does not bear, and does no good for the widow.
22But He draws the mighty away with His power – He rises up, and no one is certain of life.
23He gives him safety, and he leans on it; yet His eyes are on their ways.
24They are lifted up for a little while, then they are gone, then they shall be brought low. Like all else they are gathered up, and they are cut off like the heads of grain.
25And if it is not so, who does prove me a liar, and make my word worthless?”
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