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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King James Version 1611, spelling, punctuation and text formatting modernized by ABS in 1962; typesetting © 2010 American Bible Society.
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]?
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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