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Job 24
Revised Geneva Translation
Job 24
Revised Geneva Translation
24 “How should not the times be hidden from the Almighty, seeing that those who know Him do not see
2 “Some remove the landmarks, those who rob the flocks and feed on them.
3 “They lead away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox to pledge.
4 “They make the poor turn out of the way, so that the poor of the Earth hide themselves together.
5 “Behold, others as wild donkeys in the wilderness go forth to their business and rise early for a prey. The wilderness gives him and his children food.
6 “They reap his provision in the field, but they gather the late vintage of the wicked.
7 “They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without covering in the cold.
8 “They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and they embrace the rock for want of a covering.
9 “They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take the pledge of the poor.
10 “They cause him to go naked without clothing and take the gleaning from the hungry.
11 “Those who make oil between their walls, and tread their winepresses, suffer thirst.
12 “Men cry out of the city, and the souls of the slain cry out. Yet, God does not charge them with folly.
13 “These are those who abhor the light. They do not know its ways or continue in its paths.
14 “The murderer rises early and kills the poor and the needy. And in the night, he is as a thief.
15 “Also, the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, and says, ‘No eye shall see me,’ and disguises his face.
16 “They dig through houses in the dark which they marked for themselves in the day. They do not know the light.
17 “But the morning is as the shadow of death to them. Indeed, they are known in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 “He is swift upon the waters. Their portion shall be cursed on the Earth. He will not behold the way of the vineyards.
19 “As the dry ground and heat consume the snow waters, so shall the grave the sinners.
20 “The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed on his sweetness. He shall be remembered no more, and the wicked shall be broken like a tree.
21 “He preys on the barren who does not bear, and does no good to the widow.
22 “But He draws the mighty by His power. When He rises up, no one is sure of life.
23 “Though men give Him assurance to be in safety, yet His eyes are upon their ways.
24 “They are exalted for a little, but they are gone and are brought low, as all others. They are destroyed and cut off, as the top of an ear of corn.
25 “But if it is not so, where is he? Who will prove me a liar and make my words of no value?”
Job 24
New International Version
Job 24
New International Version
24 “Why does the Almighty not set times(A) for judgment?(B)
Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?(C)
2 There are those who move boundary stones;(D)
they pasture flocks they have stolen.(E)
3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(F)
4 They thrust the needy(G) from the path
and force all the poor(H) of the land into hiding.(I)
5 Like wild donkeys(J) in the desert,
the poor go about their labor(K) of foraging food;
the wasteland(L) provides food for their children.
6 They gather fodder(M) in the fields
and glean in the vineyards(N) of the wicked.(O)
7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(P)
8 They are drenched(Q) by mountain rains
and hug(R) the rocks for lack of shelter.(S)
9 The fatherless(T) child is snatched(U) from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized(V) for a debt.(W)
10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;(X)
they carry the sheaves,(Y) but still go hungry.
11 They crush olives among the terraces[a];
they tread the winepresses,(Z) yet suffer thirst.(AA)
12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(AB)
But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(AC)
13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(AD)
who do not know its ways
or stay in its paths.(AE)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
kills(AF) the poor and needy,(AG)
and in the night steals forth like a thief.(AH)
15 The eye of the adulterer(AI) watches for dusk;(AJ)
he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(AK)
and he keeps his face concealed.
16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,(AL)
but by day they shut themselves in;
they want nothing to do with the light.(AM)
17 For all of them, midnight is their morning;
they make friends with the terrors(AN) of darkness.(AO)
18 “Yet they are foam(AP) on the surface of the water;(AQ)
their portion of the land is cursed,(AR)
so that no one goes to the vineyards.(AS)
19 As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow,(AT)
so the grave(AU) snatches away those who have sinned.
20 The womb forgets them,
the worm(AV) feasts on them;(AW)
the wicked are no longer remembered(AX)
but are broken like a tree.(AY)
21 They prey on the barren and childless woman,
and to the widow they show no kindness.(AZ)
22 But God drags away the mighty by his power;(BA)
though they become established,(BB) they have no assurance of life.(BC)
23 He may let them rest in a feeling of security,(BD)
but his eyes(BE) are on their ways.(BF)
24 For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone;(BG)
they are brought low and gathered up like all others;(BH)
they are cut off like heads of grain.(BI)
25 “If this is not so, who can prove me false
and reduce my words to nothing?”(BJ)
Footnotes
- Job 24:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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