Job 24

Job’s Eighth Speech, Continued

1“Why are not times kept by Shaddai,

and why do not those who know him see his days?

2They#Or “Some” (NASU, ESV) or “Men” (NIV, NET) remove border stones;

they seize flocks, and they pasture them.

3They drive away the donkey of orphans;

they take the widow’s ox as a pledge.

4They thrust the poor off the road;

the needy of the earth hide themselves together.#Or “altogether”

5“Look, like wild donkeys in the desert

they#That is, the poor go out to their labor as searchers for the prey;

the wilderness is#Or “provides” their#Hebrew “for their” food for the young.

6They reap their#Hebrew “his” fodder in the field,

and they glean in the vineyard of the wicked.

7They spend the night naked, without#Literally “from not” clothing,

and they have no garment in the cold.

8They are wet from the rainstorm of the mountains,#Or “from the mountain rainstorm”

and they cling to the rock without#Literally “from not” refuge.

9“They#That is, those who oppress the poor snatch the orphan from the breast,

and they take a pledge against the needy.#Or “And they take the child of the needy as a pledge”

10They#That is, the poor go about naked, without clothing,

and hungry, they carry the sheaves.#Or “and they carry the sheaves though hungry”

11Between their terraces they press out oil;

they tread the presses, but#Hebrew “and” they are thirsty.

12From the city people groan,

and the throat#Or “soul,” or “inner self” of the wounded cries for help;

yet#Hebrew “and” God does not regard it as unseemly.#Literally “he puts offensiveness”

13“Those are among the ones rebelling against the light;

they do not recognize his ways,

and they do not stay in his paths.

14At dusk#Literally “At the light” the murderer rises;

he kills the needy and the poor,

and in the night he is like a#Or “the” thief.

15And the eye of the adulterer waits for dusk,

saying, ‘No eye will see me,’#Literally “ ‘An eye will not see me’ ”

and he places a covering on his face.

16He digs through houses in the darkness;

by day they shut themselves in—

they do not know the light

17because morning likewise is to them deep darkness;

indeed, they know about the terrors of deep darkness.

18“He himself#Emphatic personal pronoun is swift on the water’s surface;

their portion is cursed in the land.

No one turns toward the path of their vineyards.#Literally “He does not turn toward the path of the vineyard”

19Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters,

like Sheol snatches away those#Or “they/them” who have sinned.

20The womb forgets him.

The maggot feasts on him until he is no longer remembered,

and wickedness is broken like a#Or “the” tree.

21He feeds on the barren, who does not have a child,

and does no good to the widow.

22Yet#Hebrew “And” he#The probable antecedent is God carries off the tyrants by his strength;

if he rises up, then#Hebrew “and” he#The antecedent of the singular here probably changes to the wicked person cannot be certain of life.#Hebrew “the life”

23He#The probable antecedent is God gives security to him, and he is#Or “they are” supported,

but#Hebrew “and” his eyes are upon their ways.

24They are exalted a little while, then#Literally “and” they are gone.#Literally “he is not”

And they are brought low; they are cut off like all others,

and like the heads of grain they wither away.

25“And if it is not so, then who can prove me a liar

and reduce my word to nothing?”

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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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