Job 24:1-8 ▼

1 |Why doesn't the Almighty set aside times [for punishment]? Why don't those who are close to him see his days [of judgment]?

2 |[People] move boundary markers. They steal flocks and tend them as shepherds.

3 They drive away the orphan's donkey. They take the widow's ox as security for a loan.

4 They force needy people off the road. All the poor people of the country go into hiding.

5 Like wild donkeys in the desert, poor people go out to do their work, looking for food. The plains provide food for their children.

6 They harvest animal food in the field [to feed themselves]. They pick the leftover grapes in the wicked person's vineyard.

7 All night they lie naked without a covering from the cold.

8 They are drenched by the rainstorms in the mountains. They hug the rocks because they can't find shelter.