Job 24

1 Why, seeing times6256 are not hidden6845 from the Almighty7706, do they that know3045 him not see2372 his days3117?

2 Some remove5381 the landmarks1367; they violently take away1497 flocks5739, and feed7462 thereof. feed: or, feed them

3 They drive away5090 the ass2543 of the fatherless3490, they take2254 the widow's490 ox7794 for a pledge2254.

4 They turn5186 the needy34 out of the way1870: the poor6041 6035 of the earth776 hide2244 themselves together3162.

5 Behold, as wild asses6501 in the desert4057, go they forth3318 to their work6467; rising betimes7836 for a prey2964: the wilderness6160 yieldeth food3899 for them and for their children5288.

6 They reap7114 7114 every one his corn1098 in the field7704: and they gather3953 the vintage3754 of the wicked7563. corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge they gather: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage

7 They cause the naked6174 to lodge3885 without clothing3830, that they have no covering3682 in the cold7135.

8 They are wet7372 with the showers2230 of the mountains2022, and embrace2263 the rock6697 for want of a shelter4268.

9 They pluck1497 the fatherless3490 from the breast7699, and take a pledge2254 of the poor6041.

10 They cause him to go1980 naked6174 without clothing3830, and they take away5375 the sheaf6016 from the hungry7457;

11 Which make oil6671 within996 their walls7791, and tread1869 their winepresses3342, and suffer thirst6770.

12 Men4962 groan5008 from out of the city5892, and the soul5315 of the wounded2491 crieth out7768: yet God433 layeth7760 not folly8604 to them.

13 They are of those that rebel4775 against the light216; they know5234 not the ways1870 thereof, nor abide3427 in the paths5410 thereof.

14 The murderer7523 rising6965 with the light216 killeth6991 the poor6041 and needy34, and in the night3915 is as a thief1590.

15 The eye5869 also of the adulterer5003 waiteth8104 for the twilight5399, saying559, No eye5869 shall see7789 me: and disguiseth5643 7760 his face6440. disguiseth: Heb. setteth his face in secret

16 In the dark2822 they dig through2864 houses1004, which they had marked2856 for themselves in the daytime3119: they know3045 not the light216.

17 For the morning1242 is to them even as3162 the shadow of death6757: if one know5234 them, they are in the terrors1091 of the shadow of death6757.

18 He is swift7031 as the waters6440 4325; their portion2513 is cursed7043 in the earth776: he beholdeth6437 not the way1870 of the vineyards3754.

19 Drought6723 and heat2527 consume1497 the snow7950 waters4325: so doth the grave7585 those which have sinned2398. consume: Heb. violently take

20 The womb7358 shall forget7911 him; the worm7415 shall feed sweetly4988 on him; he shall be no more remembered2142; and wickedness5766 shall be broken7665 as a tree6086.

21 He evil entreateth7462 the barren6135 that beareth3205 not: and doeth not good3190 to the widow490.

22 He draweth4900 also the mighty47 with his power3581: he riseth up6965, and no man is sure539 of life2416. no: or, he trusteth not his own life

23 Though it be given5414 him to be in safety983, whereon he resteth8172; yet his eyes5869 are upon their ways1870.

24 They are exalted7426 for a little while4592, but are gone and brought low4355; they are taken out7092 of the way1870 as all other, and cut off5243 as the tops7218 of the ears of corn7641. are gone: Heb. are not taken: Heb. closed up

25 And if it be not so now645, who will make7760 me a liar3576, and make7760 my speech4405 nothing worth408?