Job
Job 24
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Job 24 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Why, seeing times6256 are not hidden6845 from the Almighty7706, do they that know3045 him not see2372 his days3117? Some remove5381 the landmarks1367; they violently take away1497 flocks5739, and feed7462 thereof. feed: or, feed them They drive away5090 the ass2543 of the fatherless3490, they take2254 the widow's490 7794 for a pledge2254. They turn5186 the needy34 out of the way1870: the poor6041 6035 of the earth776 hide2244 themselves together3162. Behold, as wild asses6501 in the desert4057, go they forth3318 to their work6467; rising betimes7836 for a prey2964: the wilderness6160 yieldeth food3899 for them and for their children5288. They reap7114 7114 every one his corn1098 in the field7704: and they gather3953 the vintage3754 of the wicked7563. corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge they gather: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage They cause the naked6174 to lodge3885 without clothing3830, that they have no covering3682 in the cold7135. They are wet7372 with the showers2230 of the mountains2022, and embrace2263 the rock6697 for want of a shelter4268. They pluck1497 the fatherless3490 from the breast7699, and take a pledge2254 of the poor6041. They cause him to go1980 naked6174 without clothing3830, and they take away5375 the sheaf6016 from the hungry7457; Which make oil6671 within996 their walls7791, and tread1869 their winepresses3342, and suffer thirst6770. Men4962 groan5008 from out of the city5892, and the soul5315 of the wounded2491 crieth out7768: yet God433 layeth7760 not folly8604 to them. They are of those that rebel4775 against the light216; they know5234 not the ways1870 thereof, nor abide3427 in the paths5410 thereof. The murderer7523 rising6965 with the light216 killeth6991 the poor6041 and needy34, and in the night3915 is as a thief1590. The eye5869 also of the adulterer5003 waiteth8104 for the twilight5399, saying559, No eye5869 shall see7789 me: and disguiseth5643 7760 his face6440. disguiseth: Heb. setteth his face in secret In the dark2822 they dig through2864 houses1004, which they had marked2856 for themselves in the daytime3119: they know3045 not the light216. For the morning1242 is to them even as3162 the shadow of death6757: if one know5234 them, they are in the terrors1091 of the shadow of death6757. He is swift7031 as the waters6440 4325; their portion2513 is cursed7043 in the earth776: he beholdeth6437 not the way1870 of the vineyards3754. Drought6723 and heat2527 consume1497 the snow7950 waters4325: so doth the grave7585 those which have sinned2398. consume: Heb. violently take The womb7358 shall forget7911 him; the worm7415 shall feed sweetly4988 him; he shall be no more remembered2142; and wickedness5766 shall be broken7665 as a tree6086. He evil entreateth7462 the barren6135 that beareth3205 not: and doeth not good3190 to the widow490. He draweth4900 also the mighty47 with his power3581: he riseth up6965, and no man is sure539 of life2416. no: or, he trusteth not his own life Though it be given5414 him to be in safety983, whereon he resteth8172; yet his eyes5869 are upon their ways1870. They are exalted7426 for a little while4592, but are gone and brought low4355; they are taken out7092 of the way1870 as all other, and cut off5243 as the tops7218 of the ears of corn7641. are gone: Heb. are not taken: Heb. closed up And if it be not so now645, who will make7760 me a liar3576, and make7760 my speech4405 nothing worth408?