Job 24
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1“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?1"Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days?
2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.2Men move boundary stones; they seize the flock and pasture them.
3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.3They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as a pledge.
4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.4They turn the needy from the pathway, and the poor of the land hide themselves together.
5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.5Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their labor, seeking diligently for food; the wasteland provides food for them and for their children.
6They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.6They reap fodder in the field, and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
7Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.7They spend the night naked because they lack clothing; they have no covering against the cold.
8Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.8They are soaked by mountain rains and huddle in the rocks because they lack shelter.
9The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.9The fatherless child is snatched from the breast, the infant of the poor is taken as a pledge.
10Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.10They go about naked, without clothing, and go hungry while they carry the sheaves.
11They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.11They press out the olive oil between the rows of olive trees; they tread the winepresses while they are thirsty.
12From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.12From the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry out for help, but God charges no one with wrongdoing.
13Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.13There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.
14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.14Before daybreak the murderer rises up; he kills the poor and the needy; in the night he is like a thief.
15The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.15And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight, thinking, 'No eye can see me,' and covers his face with a mask.
16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.
17For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.
18They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.18"You say, 'He is foam on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed so that no one goes to their vineyard.
19As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.19The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow; so the grave takes away those who have sinned.
20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.20The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him, no longer will he be remembered. Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.
21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.21He preys on the barren and childless woman, and does not treat the widow well.
22Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.22But God drags off the mighty by his power; when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.
23He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.23God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways.
24They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.24They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone, they are brought low like all others, and gathered in, and like a head of grain they are cut off.'
25If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”25"If this is not so, who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?"
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