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Job 24
KJV
King James Version · 1611
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890
1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
1Times are not hid from the Almighty: but they that know him, know not his days.
1Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?
2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
2Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.
2They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
3They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
4They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
4They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
5Behold, 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.
5Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.
5Lo, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] them food for [their] children.
6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
6They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.
6They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
7They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:
7They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
8Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock...
9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
9They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.
9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
10From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn.
10These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
11They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.
11They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
12Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.
12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; andGod imputeth not the impiety.
13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
13They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.
13There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
14The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.
14The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
15The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.
15And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.
16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
16He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.
16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
17For 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.
17If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.
17For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
18He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.
18He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
19Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.
19Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.
20The 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.
20Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.
20The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, —
21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
21For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.
21He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
22He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.
22He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
23Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
23God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his ways.
23[God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.
24They 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.
24They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.
24They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all [other] are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.