Job 24:1-12

Christian Standard Bible

24 Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?^(A)
Why do those who know him never see his days?
² The wicked displace boundary markers.
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
³ They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless^(B)
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
⁴ They push the needy off the road;
the poor of the land are forced into hiding.^(C)
5 Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,
the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;
the desert provides nourishment for their children.
⁶ They gather their fodder in the field
and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
⁷ Without clothing, they spend the night naked,
having no covering against the cold.^(D)
8 Drenched by mountain rains,
they huddle against^[a] the rocks, shelterless.
⁹ The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.^[b]
10 Without clothing, they wander about naked.
They carry sheaves but go hungry.^(E)
11 They crush olives in their presses;^[c]
they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
¹² From the city, men^[d] groan;
the mortally wounded cry for help,
yet God pays no attention to this crime.^(F)