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Job 24
WEB
World English Bible · 2000
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949
1Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?
1Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.
1Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?
2There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
2The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
2The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
3They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
3The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
3They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
4They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
4They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
4The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.
5Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wildernessyieldeththem bread for their children.
5Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself--food for young ones.
5Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste land they get bread for their children.
6They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
6In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
6They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who have wealth.
7They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
7The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
7They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.
8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
8From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge--have embraced a rock.
8They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.
9There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;
9They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
9The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of the poor for debt.
10So thatthey go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
10Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry--have taken away a sheaf.
10Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the fields.
11They make oil within the walls of these men; They treadtheirwinepresses, and suffer thirst.
11Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
11Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the grapes.
12From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.
12Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.
12From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is crying out for help; but God does not take note of their prayer.
13These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.
13They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.
13Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go in them.
14The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.
14At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
14He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need.
15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.
15And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
15And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will see me; and he puts a cover on his face. And in the night the thief goes about;
16In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.
16He hath dug in the darkness--houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
16In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, they have no knowledge of the light.
17For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
17When together, morning <FI>is<Fi> to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.
17For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.
18Swiftly theypass awayupon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
18Light he <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
18They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the crusher of grapes are not turned to their vine-garden.
19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: So dothSheolthose thathave sinned.
19Drought--also heat--consume snow-waters, Sheol <FI>those who<Fi> have sinned.
19Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.
20The 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.
20Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten <FI>on<Fi> him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.
20The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of men: he is rooted up like a dead tree.
21He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.
21Treating evil the barren <FI>who<Fi> beareth not, And <FI>to<Fi> the widow he doth no good,
21He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.
22YetGod preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.
22And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
22But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life.
23God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
23He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes <FI>are<Fi> on their ways.
23He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.
24They 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.
24High they were <FI>for<Fi> a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all <FI>others<Fi> they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.
24For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like fruit, and like the heads of grain they are cut off.