Job 24 Parallel Bible

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	STUDY Hebrew & Greek Study Bible	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	מַדּ֗וּעַ מִ֭שַּׁדַּי לֹא־ עִתִּ֑ים [וידעו] (וְ֝יֹדְעָ֗יו) לֹא־ חָ֥זוּ יָמָֽיו׃	“Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?	“Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?
2	גְּבֻל֥וֹת יַשִּׂ֑יגוּ עֵ֥דֶר גָּ֝זְל֗וּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃	Some move landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them.	There are those who move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.
3	חֲמ֣וֹר יְתוֹמִ֣ים יִנְהָ֑גוּ יַ֝חְבְּל֗וּ שׁ֣וֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃	They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.	They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
4	יַטּ֣וּ אֶבְיוֹנִ֣ים מִדָּ֑רֶךְ יַ֥חַד חֻ֝בְּא֗וּ עֲנִיֵּי־ אָֽרֶץ׃	They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves.	They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5	הֵ֤ן פְּרָאִ֨ים ׀ בַּֽמִּדְבָּ֗ר יָצְא֣וּ בְּ֭פָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵ֣י לַטָּ֑רֶף עֲרָבָ֥ה ל֥וֹ לֶ֝֗חֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃	Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poor go out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children.	Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.
6	בַּ֭שָּׂדֶה בְּלִיל֣וֹ [יקצירו] (יִקְצ֑וֹרוּ) וְכֶ֖רֶם רָשָׁ֣ע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃	They gather their fodder in the field, and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.	They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
7	עָר֣וֹם יָ֭לִינוּ מִבְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וְאֵ֥ין כְּ֝ס֗וּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃	They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.	Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
8	מִזֶּ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים יִרְטָ֑בוּ וּֽמִבְּלִ֥י מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה חִבְּקוּ־ צֽוּר׃	They are wet with the rain of the mountains and cling to the rock for lack of shelter.	They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
9	יִ֭גְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁ֣ד יָת֑וֹם וְֽעַל־ עָנִ֥י יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃	(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.)	The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
10	עָר֣וֹם הִ֭לְּכוּ בְּלִ֣י לְב֑וּשׁ וּ֝רְעֵבִ֗ים נָ֣שְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃	They go about naked, without clothing; hungry, they carry the sheaves;	Lacking clothes, they go about naked; they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
11	בֵּין־ שׁוּרֹתָ֥ם יַצְהִ֑ירוּ יְקָבִ֥ים דָּ֝רְכ֗וּ וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃	among the olive rows of the wicked they make oil; they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.	They crush olives among the terraces; they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
12	מֵ֘עִ֤יר מְתִ֨ים ׀ יִנְאָ֗קוּ וְנֶֽפֶשׁ־ חֲלָלִ֥ים תְּשַׁוֵּ֑עַ וֶ֝אֱל֗וֹהַּ לֹא־ יָשִׂ֥ים תִּפְלָֽה׃	From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God charges no one with wrong.	The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.
13	הֵ֤מָּה ׀ הָיוּ֮ בְּֽמֹרְדֵ֫י־ א֥וֹר לֹֽא־ הִכִּ֥ירוּ דְרָכָ֑יו וְלֹ֥א יָ֝שְׁב֗וּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו׃	“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.	“There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.
14	לָא֡וֹר יָ֘ק֤וּם רוֹצֵ֗חַ יִֽקְטָל־ עָנִ֥י וְאֶבְי֑וֹן וּ֝בַלַּ֗יְלָה יְהִ֣י כַגַּנָּֽב׃	The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.	When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up, kills the poor and needy, and in the night steals forth like a thief.
15	וְעֵ֤ין נֹאֵ֨ף ׀ שָׁ֤מְרָֽה נֶ֣שֶׁף לֵ֭אמֹר לֹא־ תְשׁוּרֵ֣נִי עָ֑יִן וְסֵ֖תֶר פָּנִ֣ים יָשִֽׂים׃	The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he veils his face.	The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’ and he keeps his face concealed.
16	חָתַ֥ר בַּחֹ֗שֶׁךְ בָּ֫תִּ֥ים יוֹמָ֥ם חִתְּמוּ־ לָ֗מוֹ לֹא־ יָ֥דְעוּ אֽוֹר׃	In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.	In the dark, thieves break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.
17	כִּ֤י יַחְדָּ֨ו ׀ בֹּ֣קֶר לָ֣מוֹ צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי־ יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃	For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.	For all of them, midnight is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.
18	קַֽל־ ה֤וּא ׀ עַל־ פְּנֵי־ מַ֗יִם תְּקֻלַּ֣ל חֶלְקָתָ֣ם בָּאָ֑רֶץ לֹֽא־ יִ֝פְנֶה דֶּ֣רֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים׃	“You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land; no treader turns toward their vineyards.	“Yet they are foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one goes to the vineyards.
19	צִיָּ֤ה גַם־ חֹ֗ם יִגְזְל֥וּ מֵֽימֵי־ שֶׁ֗לֶג שְׁא֣וֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃	Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned.	As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.
20	יִשְׁכָּ֘חֵ֤הוּ רֶ֨חֶם ׀ מְתָ֘ק֤וֹ רִמָּ֗ה ע֥וֹד לֹֽא־ יִזָּכֵ֑ר וַתִּשָּׁבֵ֖ר כָּעֵ֣ץ עַוְלָֽה׃	The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.’	The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; the wicked are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree.
21	רֹעֶ֣ה עֲ֭קָרָה לֹ֣א תֵלֵ֑ד וְ֝אַלְמָנָ֗ה לֹ֣א יְיֵטִֽיב׃	“They wrong the barren, childless woman, and do no good to the widow.	They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow they show no kindness.
22	וּמָשַׁ֣ךְ אַבִּירִ֣ים בְּכֹח֑וֹ יָ֝ק֗וּם וְֽלֹא־ יַאֲמִ֥ין בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃	Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power; they rise up when they despair of life.	But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.
23	יִתֶּן־ ל֣וֹ לָ֭בֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵ֑ן וְ֝עֵינֵ֗יהוּ עַל־ דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם׃	He gives them security, and they are supported, and his eyes are upon their ways.	He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.
24	ר֤וֹמּוּ מְּעַ֨ט ׀ וְֽאֵינֶ֗נּוּ וְֽהֻמְּכ֗וּ כַּכֹּ֥ל יִקָּפְצ֑וּן וּכְרֹ֖אשׁ שִׁבֹּ֣לֶת יִמָּֽלוּ׃	They 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.	For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
25	וְאִם־ לֹ֣א אֵ֭פוֹ מִ֣י יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִי וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְ֝אַ֗ל מִלָּתִֽי׃ ס	If it is not so, who will prove me a liar and show that there is nothing in what I say?”	“If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?”
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