“why seeing the times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?”
Job 24
17 of 25 verses have a reading · Berean Standard Bible
1"Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
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3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow's ox in pledge.
“they drive away the ass of the fatherless. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.”
4They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
“They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth, they hide themselves together.”
5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
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6They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
“They reap every one his corn in the field, and they gather the vintage of the wicked.”
7Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
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8Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
“They are wet with the showers of the mountains and embrace the rock for the want of a shelter.”
9The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
“They pluck the fatherless from the breast. They take a pledge of the poor.”
10Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
“They cause him to go naked without clothing. They take away the sheaf from the hungry.”
11They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
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12From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
“men groan from out of the city and the soul of the wounded crieth out. And yet God layeth not folly to them.”
13Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
“They are of those that rebel against the light. They know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.”
“They are of those who rebel against the light. They know not the ways thereof. Nor abide in the paths thereof.”
14When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
“the murder rising with the light, killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.”
15The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, 'No eye will see me,' he covers his face.
“The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, no eye shall see me. And he disguises his face,”
16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
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17For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
“for the morning is to them even as the shadow of death. If one knows them, they are in terrors of the shadow of the death.”
18They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
“He is swift as the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. He beholds not the way of the vineyards.”
19As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
“Drought and heat consume the snow waters. So doth the grave those which have sinned.”
20The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree.
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21They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
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22Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
“He draweth also the mighty with his power. He riseth up and no man is sure of life.”
23He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
“though it be given him to be in safety whereon he resteth, yet his eyes are upon their ways.”
24They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
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25If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?"
“And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar? Make my speech nothing worth?”