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Chapter 24

Why are times not set by the Almighty,
    and why do his friends not see his days?[a]
People remove landmarks;
    they steal herds and pasture them.
The donkeys of orphans they drive away;
    they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:1 After his failure to find God, Job takes up the question: Why does God not favor his friends by the speedy punishment of his enemies?

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)
There are those who move boundary stones;(D)
    they pasture flocks they have stolen.(E)
They drive away the orphan’s donkey
    and take the widow’s ox in pledge.(F)

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