Job 24

CHAPTER 24 Job Questions the Actions of the Impious

1 And why did [⁴by the lord ²not ³escape notice ¹the seasons]? 2 And the impious [²the border ¹passed over], [²a flock ³with ⁴shepherd ¹seizing]. 3 [²a beast of burden ¹And] of orphans they took away, and oxen of widows for security. 4 They turned aside the disabled from [²way ¹the just]; with one accord [³was hidden ¹the gentle ²of the earth]. 5 And they resulted as if donkeys in the field [²for ³me ¹going forth] on their own action; [⁵is delicious ¹their ²bread ³for ⁴the young]. 6 [²a field ⁵before ⁶its season ³not ⁴being their own ¹They harvested]; and the disabled [²the vineyards ³of the impious ⁴without pay ⁵and ⁶without eating ¹worked]. 7 [³naked ²many ¹They rested] without clothes; [³clothing ¹and ⁴necessary for their life ²they removed]. 8 From the mists of the mountains they are wetted; from [²not holding ³to them ¹protection] [²with rock ¹they covered themselves]. 9 They seized the orphan from the breast, [³the one falling off ¹and ²they humbled]. 10 And of naked ones they rested wrongfully, and of ones hungering [²the ³morsel ¹they removed]. 11 In narrows they wrongly lie in wait; and the way of the just they knew not. 12 The ones from the city and [²houses ¹the ones of their own] they cast out; and the soul of the infants moaned greatly. 13 [³did he ¹But ²why ⁵these ⁴in overseeing] not act [²upon ³the earth ¹in their being]? and they did not recognize, and the way of righteousness they knew not, nor [²by their short-cuts ¹were gone]. 14 But knowing their works he delivered them unto darkness; and night will be as a thief. 15 And the eye of the adulterer watched for the darkness, saying, [²will not ³think of me beforehand ¹The eye]; and [²a concealment ³for his face ¹he put]. 16 [³he dug through ¹In ²darkness] houses; by day they seal up themselves. they do not know the light. 17 For with one accord to them in the morning is the shadow of death; for each shall realize the disturbances of the shadow of death. 18 He is light upon the face of the water; may [²be cursed ¹their portion] upon the earth; [²may ⁴appear ¹and ³their plants 19 ⁶upon ⁷the earth ⁵dry]; for armfuls of orphans they seized by force. 20 So then [³is called to mind ¹his ²sin], and as fog of dew [²vanishes ¹he]; and may it be recompensed to him what he acted; [²may ⁵be destroyed ¹and ³every ⁴unjust one] equally [²wood ¹as incurable rotten]. 21 For the sterile woman [²not ⁴well ¹he did ³do], and on the helpless woman he did not show mercy. 22 And in rage he overturned the disabled; [²in rising up ¹accordingly], in no way shall he trust in his own life. 23 In being infirm, let him not hope to be healed! but he shall fall in disease. 24 [⁴many ¹For ³afflicted ²his arrogance]; but he withered as a mallow plant in sweltering heat, and as an ear of corn [²from ³the stubble ⁴by itself ¹falling off]. 25 But if not, who is the one saying [³falsely ¹for me ²to speak], and he renders [²as ³nothing ¹my words]?