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| Job 24:1 | Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? | Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days? |
| Job 24:2 | Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. | There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them. |
| Job 24:3 | They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. | They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge. |
| Job 24:4 | They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. | They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. |
| Job 24:5 | Behold, 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. | 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. |
| Job 24:6 | They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. | They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. |
| Job 24:7 | They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. | They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold. |
| Job 24:8 | They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. | They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. |
| Job 24:9 | They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. | There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor; |
| Job 24:10 | They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; | [So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves. |
| Job 24:11 | Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. | They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst. |
| Job 24:12 | Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. | From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly. |
| Job 24:13 | They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. | These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof. |
| Job 24:14 | The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. | The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. |
| Job 24:15 | The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. | The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face. |
| Job 24:16 | In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. | In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light. |
| Job 24:17 | For 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. | For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness. |
| Job 24:18 | He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. | 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. |
| Job 24:19 | Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. | Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned. |
| Job 24:20 | The 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. | 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. |
| Job 24:21 | He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. | He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow. |
| Job 24:22 | He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. | Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life. |
| Job 24:23 | Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways. | [God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways. |
| Job 24:24 | They 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. | 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. |
| Job 24:25 | And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? | And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth? |
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