Job - Chapter 24 | New King James Version

  • 1. "Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, Why do those who know Him see not His days?
  • 2. "Some remove landmarks; They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
  • 3. They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox as a pledge.
  • 4. They push the needy off the road; All the poor of the land are forced to hide.
  • 5. Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, They go out to their work, searching for food. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
  • 6. They gather their fodder in the field And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
  • 7. They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
  • 8. They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
  • 9. "Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.
  • 10. They cause the poor to go naked, without clothing; And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
  • 11. They press out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
  • 12. The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
  • 13. "There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths.
  • 14. The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief.
  • 15. The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me'; And he disguises his face.
  • 16. In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light.
  • 17. For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death; If someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
  • 18. "They should be swift on the face of the waters, Their portion should be cursed in the earth, So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
  • 19. As drought and heat consume the snow waters, So the grave {cf2super [36]} consumes those who have sinned.
  • 20. The womb should forget him, The worm should feed sweetly on him; He should be remembered no more, And wickedness should be broken like a tree.
  • 21. For he preys on the barren who do not bear, And does no good for the widow.
  • 22. "But God draws the mighty away with His power; He rises up, but no man is sure of life.
  • 23. He gives them security, and they rely on it; Yet His eyes are on their ways.
  • 24. They are exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all others; They dry out like the heads of grain.
  • 25. "Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"
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