Job 24 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days. “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 The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil. Some move landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them. There are those who move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.
3 The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow, 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 They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth. 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 Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones. 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 In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean. 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 The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold. 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 From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock. 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 They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge. (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 Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf. 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 Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst. 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 Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise. 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 They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths. “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 At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief. 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 And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret. 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 He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light. 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 When together, morning is to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade. 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 Light he is on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards. “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 Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned. 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 Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness. 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 Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good, “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 And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life. 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 He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes are on their ways. 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 High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off. 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 And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word? 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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