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Job 24:1-12
Expanded Bible
Job 24:1-12
Expanded Bible
24 “·I wish the Almighty would set a time for judging [L Why are times not kept by the Almighty/Shaddai?].
·Those who know God do [L Why do those who know God …?] not see such a day.
2 ·Wicked people [L They] ·take other people’s land [L move boundaries; C move boundary markers];
they steal flocks and ·take them to new pastures [L pasture them].
3 They chase away the orphan’s donkey
and take the widow’s ox ·when she has no money [L as a pledge; Deut. 24:6, 10–13, 17].
4 They push needy people off the path;
all the poor of the land hide from them.
5 The poor become like wild donkeys in the ·desert [wilderness]
who go about their ·job of finding food [L work].
·The desert gives them [L In the desert they forage for] food for their children.
6 They ·gather hay and straw in the fields [L reap in fields not their own]
and ·pick up leftover grapes [L glean] from the vineyard of the wicked.
7 They spend the night naked, because they have no clothes,
nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
8 They are soaked from mountain ·rains [storms]
and ·stay near [hug; embrace] the ·large rocks [cliffs] because they have no shelter.
9 The ·fatherless child [orphan] is grabbed from its mother’s breast;
they take a poor mother’s baby ·to pay for what she owes [L as a pledge; 24:3].
10 So the poor ·go [wander] around naked without any clothes;
they carry bundles of grain but still go hungry;
11 they crush olives to get oil
and grapes to get wine, but they still go thirsty.
12 Dying people groan in the city,
and the ·injured [or living dead] cry out for help,
but God ·accuses no one of doing wrong [or does not hear/react to their prayers].
Job 24:1-12
New International Version
Job 24:1-12
New International Version
24 “Why does the Almighty not set times(A) for judgment?(B)
Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?(C)
2 There are those who move boundary stones;(D)
they pasture flocks they have stolen.(E)
3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(F)
4 They thrust the needy(G) from the path
and force all the poor(H) of the land into hiding.(I)
5 Like wild donkeys(J) in the desert,
the poor go about their labor(K) of foraging food;
the wasteland(L) provides food for their children.
6 They gather fodder(M) in the fields
and glean in the vineyards(N) of the wicked.(O)
7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(P)
8 They are drenched(Q) by mountain rains
and hug(R) the rocks for lack of shelter.(S)
9 The fatherless(T) child is snatched(U) from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized(V) for a debt.(W)
10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;(X)
they carry the sheaves,(Y) but still go hungry.
11 They crush olives among the terraces[a];
they tread the winepresses,(Z) yet suffer thirst.(AA)
12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(AB)
But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(AC)
Footnotes
- Job 24:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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