24Job 24

1Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.Select Job 24:1

2The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.Select Job 24:2

3The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,Select Job 24:3

4They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.Select Job 24:4

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.Select Job 24:5

6In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.Select Job 24:6

7The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.Select Job 24:7

8From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge--have embraced a rock.Select Job 24:8

9They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.Select Job 24:9

10Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry--have taken away a sheaf.Select Job 24:10

11Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.Select Job 24:11

12Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.Select Job 24:12

13They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.Select Job 24:13

14At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.Select Job 24:14

15And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.Select Job 24:15

16He hath dug in the darkness--houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.Select Job 24:16

17When together, morning is to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.Select Job 24:17

18Light he is on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.Select Job 24:18

19Drought--also heat--consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned.Select Job 24:19

20Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.Select Job 24:20

21Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good,Select Job 24:21

22And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.Select Job 24:22

23He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes are on their ways.Select Job 24:23

24High 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.Select Job 24:24

25And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?Select Job 24:25