Job 24
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1“Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?1Why doesn't the Almighty reserve time for judgment? and why don't those who know him perceive his days?
2Some move landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.2They move boundary stones, steal flocks, and pasture them.
3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.3They drive away the orphan's donkey; they take the ox of the widow as security for a loan;
4They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.4They push the needy off the road, and force the poor of the land into hiding.
5Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poor go out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children.5"Look! Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, they work diligently as they seek wild game in the desert, food for them and their young ones.
6They gather their fodder in the field, and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.6They reap fodder in the field and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
7They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.7They spend the night naked, without clothing, with no covering against the cold.
8They are wet with the rain of the mountains and cling to the rock for lack of shelter.8They are wet from mountain rains; without shelter, they cling to a rock.
9(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.)9"The fatherless are torn from the breast; the poor are taken away as security for a loan.
10They go about naked, without clothing; hungry, they carry the sheaves;10They wander around naked, without clothes; hungry, though they carry sheaves of grain.
11among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil; they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.11They press oil between the olive groves owned by the wicked; they suffer from thirst, even while treading the winepress.
12From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God charges no one with wrong.12From the city, dying men groan aloud, and the wounded cries out for help, but God charges no one with wrong.
13“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.13"Then there are those who rebel against the light; they are not acquainted with its ways; and they don't stay on its course.
14The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.14The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night, he is like a thief.
15The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he veils his face.15The adulterer watches for twilight, saying, 'No eye is watching me' while he veils his face.
16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.16They break into houses in the dark; during the day they remained sealed in. They don't know daylight.
17For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.17As a group, deep darkness is their morning time; fear that lives in darkness is their friend."
18“You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land; no treader turns toward their vineyards.18"They remain only a short time on the water's surface; their inheritance will be cursed in the land; no one will work in their vineyards.
19Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned.19As drought and heat evaporate melting snow, that's what Sheol does with sinners.
20The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.’20The womb will forget them. Maggots will find them to be a delicacy! They won't be remembered anymore, their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood.
21“They wrong the barren, childless woman, and do no good to the widow.21"They prey on the barren woman, and do no favors for widows.
22Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power; they rise up when they despair of life.22God prolongs the life of the strong by his power, but they get up in the morning without purpose in life.
23He gives them security, and they are supported, and his eyes are upon their ways.23He gives them security and financial support, but he watches everything they do.
24They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like the heads of grain.24They're exalted momentarily, but then they are gone; they are humbled, just like all the others. They are cut down like heads of corn.
25If it is not so, who will prove me a liar and show that there is nothing in what I say?”25If this weren't so, who can prove that I'm a liar by showing that there's nothing to what I'm saying?"
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