Job 24
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1Times are not hid from the Almighty: but they that know him know not his days.
2Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.
3They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.
4They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
5Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.
6They reap the field that is not their own: and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.
7They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:
8Who are wet with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.
9They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.
10From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn.
11They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them who after having trodden the wine-presses suffer thirst.
12Out of the cities they have made men to groan. And the soul of the wounded hath cried out: and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.
13They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways: neither have they returned by his paths.
14The murderer riseth at the very break of day; he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.
15The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me. And he will cover his face.
16He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves: and they have not known the light.
17If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.
18He is light upon the face of the water. Cursed be his portion on the earth. Let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.
19Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat: and his sin even to hell.
20Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness. Let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.
21For he hath fed the barren that beareth not: and to the widow he hath done no good.
22He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.
23God hath given him place for penance: and he abuseth it unto pride. But his eyes are upon his ways.
24They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away: and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.
25And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?
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Job 24
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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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