Job 24
Job 24:1 Why does the Almighty not keep times for judgment? Why do those who know him never see his days?
Job 24:2 The wicked displace boundary markers. They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
Job 24:3 They drive away the donkey owned by the fatherless and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
Job 24:4 They push the needy off the road; the poor of the land are forced into hiding.
Job 24:5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness, the poor go out to their task of foraging for food; the desert provides bread for their children.
Job 24:6 They gather their fodder in the field and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
Job 24:7 Without clothing, they spend the night naked, having no covering against the cold.
Job 24:8 Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks, shelterless.
Job 24:9 The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.
Job 24:10 Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry sheaves but go hungry.
Job 24:11 They crush olives in their presses; they tread the winepresses but go thirsty.
Job 24:12 From the city, men groan; the pierced throats cry for help, yet God pays no attention to this crime.
Job 24:13 The wicked are those who rebel against the light. They do not recognize its ways or stay on its paths.
Job 24:14 The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and by night he becomes a thief.
Job 24:15 The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight, thinking, “No eye will see me,” and he covers his face.
Job 24:16 In the dark they break into houses; by day they lock themselves in, never experiencing the light.
Job 24:17 For the morning is like darkness to them. Surely, they are familiar with the terrors of darkness!
Job 24:18 They float on the surface of the water. Their section of the ground is cursed, so that they never go to their vineyards.
Job 24:19 As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
Job 24:20 The womb forgets them; worms feed on them; they are remembered no more. That is how injustice is broken like a tree.
Job 24:21 They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive, and do not deal kindly with the widow.
Job 24:22 Yet God drags away the mighty by his power; when he rises against them, they have no assurance of life.
Job 24:23 He gives them a sense of security so that they can rely on it, but his eyes watch over their ways.
Job 24:24 They are exalted for a moment, then gone; they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else. They wither like heads of grain.
Job 24:25 If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar and show that my speech is worthless?
