Job 24
1 Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
2 The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
[Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof].
3 The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
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, [as] wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children.
6 In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7 The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering 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 showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9 They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry — have taken away a sheaf.
They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;
11 Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
[Which] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly [to them].
13 They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
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 rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as 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 also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face.
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, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
17 When together, morning [is] to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.
For the morning [is] to them even as the shadow of death: if [one] know [them, they are in] the terrors of the shadow of death.
18 Light he [is] on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
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 shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
21 Treating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good,
He evil entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
22 And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
23 He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes [are] on their ways.
[Though] it be given him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes [are] upon 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 for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all [other], and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
25 And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?
And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
