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Job 24:2-16
King James Version
Job 24:2-16
King James Version
2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
12 Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
13 They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
14 The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
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Job 24:2-16
New International Version
Job 24:2-16
New International Version
2 There are those who move boundary stones;(A)
they pasture flocks they have stolen.(B)
3 They drive away the orphan’s donkey
and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(C)
4 They thrust the needy(D) from the path
and force all the poor(E) of the land into hiding.(F)
5 Like wild donkeys(G) in the desert,
the poor go about their labor(H) of foraging food;
the wasteland(I) provides food for their children.
6 They gather fodder(J) in the fields
and glean in the vineyards(K) of the wicked.(L)
7 Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked;
they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.(M)
8 They are drenched(N) by mountain rains
and hug(O) the rocks for lack of shelter.(P)
9 The fatherless(Q) child is snatched(R) from the breast;
the infant of the poor is seized(S) for a debt.(T)
10 Lacking clothes, they go about naked;(U)
they carry the sheaves,(V) but still go hungry.
11 They crush olives among the terraces[a];
they tread the winepresses,(W) yet suffer thirst.(X)
12 The groans of the dying rise from the city,
and the souls of the wounded cry out for help.(Y)
But God charges no one with wrongdoing.(Z)
13 “There are those who rebel against the light,(AA)
who do not know its ways
or stay in its paths.(AB)
14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up,
kills(AC) the poor and needy,(AD)
and in the night steals forth like a thief.(AE)
15 The eye of the adulterer(AF) watches for dusk;(AG)
he thinks, ‘No eye will see me,’(AH)
and he keeps his face concealed.
16 In the dark, thieves break into houses,(AI)
but by day they shut themselves in;
they want nothing to do with the light.(AJ)
Footnotes
- Job 24:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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