Job 24
1 Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?
ab Omnipotente non sunt abscondita tempora qui autem noverunt eum ignorant dies illius
2 There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
alii terminos transtulerunt diripuerunt greges et paverunt eos
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
asinum pupillorum abigerunt et abstulerunt pro pignore bovem viduae
4 They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
subverterunt pauperum viam et oppresserunt pariter mansuetos terrae
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children.
alii quasi onagri in deserto egrediuntur ad opus suum vigilantesque ad praedam praeparant panem liberis
6 They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
agrum non suum demetunt et vineam eius quem vi oppresserunt vindemiant
7 They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
nudos dimittunt homines indumenta tollentes quibus non est operimentum in frigore
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
quos imbres montium rigant et non habentes velamen amplexantur lapides
9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
vim fecerunt depraedantes pupillos et vulgum pauperem spoliaverunt
10 [So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
nudis et incedentibus absque vestitu et esurientibus tulerunt spicas
11 They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
inter acervos eorum meridiati sunt qui calcatis torcularibus sitiunt
12 From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
de civitatibus fecerunt viros gemere et anima vulneratorum clamavit et Deus inultum abire non patitur
13 These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
ipsi fuerunt rebelles luminis nescierunt vias eius nec reversi sunt per semitas illius
14 The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
mane primo consurgit homicida interficit egenum et pauperem per noctem vero erit quasi fur
15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
oculus adulteri observat caliginem dicens non me videbit oculus et operiet vultum suum
16 In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
perfodit in tenebris domos sicut in die condixerant sibi et ignoraverunt lucem
17 For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
si subito apparuerit aurora arbitrantur umbram mortis et sic in tenebris quasi in luce ambulant
18 Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
levis est super faciem aquae maledicta sit pars eius in terra nec ambulet per viam vinearum
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
ad nimium calorem transeat ab aquis nivium et usque ad inferos peccatum illius (Sheol h7585)
20 The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
obliviscatur eius misericordia dulcedo illius vermes non sit in recordatione sed conteratur quasi lignum infructuosum
21 He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
pavit enim sterilem et quae non parit et viduae bene non fecit
22 Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.
detraxit fortes in fortitudine sua et cum steterit non credet vitae suae
23 [God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
dedit ei Deus locum paenitentiae et ille abutitur eo in superbiam oculi autem eius sunt in viis illius
24 They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
elevati sunt ad modicum et non subsistent et humiliabuntur sicut omnia et auferentur et sicut summitates spicarum conterentur
25 And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?
quod si non est ita quis me potest arguere esse mentitum et ponere ante Deum verba mea
