Job 24
1 why? from Almighty not to treasure time (and to know him *QK) not to see day his
Why doesn't the Almighty set a definite time to punish the wicked? Why don't those who follow him never see him act in judgment?
2 border to overtake flock to plunder and to pasture
The wicked move boundary stones; they seize other people's flocks and move them to their own pastures.
3 donkey orphan to lead to pledge cattle widow
They steal the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as security for a debt.
4 to stretch needy from way: road unitedness to hide poor land: country/planet
They push the poor out of their way; the destitute are forced to hide from them.
5 look! wild donkey in/on/with wilderness to come out: come in/on/with work their to seek to/for prey plain to/for him food to/for youth
Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor have to scavenge for their food, looking for anything to feed their children in the wasteland.
6 in/on/with land: country fodder his (to reap *QK) and vineyard wicked to glean
They are forced to find what they can in other people's fields, to glean among the vineyards of the wicked.
7 naked to lodge from without clothing and nothing covering in/on/with cold
They spend the night naked because they have no clothes; they have nothing to cover themselves against the cold.
8 from storm mountain: mount be moist and from without refuge to embrace rock
They are soaked by the cold mountain storms, and huddle beside the rocks for shelter.
9 to plunder from breast orphan and upon afflicted to pledge
Fatherless children are snatched from their mother's breasts, taking the babies of the poor as security for a debt.
10 naked to go: went without clothing and hungry to lift: bear sheaf
Because they have no clothes to wear they have to go naked, harvesting sheaves of grain while they themselves are hungry.
11 between: among wall their to press wine to tread and to thirst
In the olive groves they work to produce oil, but do not taste it; they tread the winepress, but are thirsty.
12 from city man to groan and soul slain: wounded to cry and god not to set: put folly
In the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry for help, but God ignores their prayers.
13 they(masc.) to be in/on/with to rebel light not to recognize way: conduct his and not to dwell in/on/with path his
These are people who rebel against the light. They do not want to know its ways, or to stay on its paths.
14 to/for light to arise: rise to murder to slay afflicted and needy and in/on/with night to be like/as thief
The murderer gets up at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and when night falls he becomes a thief.
15 and eye to commit adultery to keep: look at twilight to/for to say not to see me eye and secrecy face to set: make
The adulterer waits for dusk, saying to himself, ‘No one will see me now,’ and he covers his face.
16 to dig in/on/with darkness house: home by day to seal to/for them not to know light
Thieves break into houses during the night and they sleep during the day. They don't even know what the light is like!
17 for together morning to/for them shadow for to recognize terror shadow
Total darkness is like light to them, for they are familiar with the night.
18 swift he/she/it upon face: surface water to lighten portion their in/on/with land: country/planet not to turn way: road vineyard
Like bubbles on the surface of a river they are quickly carried away. The land they own is cursed by God. They don't enter their own vineyards.
Just as heat and drought dry up snowmelt, so Sheol takes away those who have sinned. (Sheol h7585)
20 to forget him womb be sweet him worm still not to remember and to break like/as tree injustice
Even their mothers forget them, maggots feast on them, they are no longer remembered, and their wickedness becomes like a tree that is broken into pieces.
21 to pasture barren not to beget and widow not be good
They mistreat childless women and are mean to widows.
22 and to draw mighty: strong in/on/with strength his to arise: rise and not be faithful in/on/with life
God prolongs the life of the wicked by his power; but when they arise, they have no assurance of life.
23 to give: give to/for him to/for security and to lean and eye his upon way: conduct their
He supports them and gives them security, but he is always watching what they're doing.
24 be exalted little and nothing he and to sink like/as all to gather [emph?] and like/as head ear to languish
Though they may be illustrious for a while, soon they are gone. They are brought down like all others, cut off like the heads of grain.
25 and if not then who? to lie me and to set: accuse to/for not speech my
If this isn't so, who can prove I'm a liar and there's nothing to what I say?”
