Job 24:1
Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.
Job 24:2
The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
Job 24:3
The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
Job 24:4
They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
Job 24:5
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.
Job 24:6
In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
Job 24:7
The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
Job 24:8
From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge--have embraced a rock.
Job 24:9
They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
Job 24:10
Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry--have taken away a sheaf.
Job 24:11
Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
Job 24:12
Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.
Job 24:13
They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.
Job 24:14
At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
Job 24:15
And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
Job 24:16
He hath dug in the darkness--houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
Job 24:17
When together, morning is to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.
Job 24:18
Light he is on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
Job 24:19
Drought--also heat--consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned.
Job 24:20
Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.
Job 24:21
Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good,
Job 24:22
And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
Job 24:23
He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes are on their ways.
Job 24:24
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.
Job 24:25
And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?