Job 24:1-12

Legacy Standard Bible

24 “^(A)Why are ^[a]times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not behold ^(B)His days?
^2 [b]Some ^(C)move the boundaries;
They seize and ^[c]devour flocks.
³ They drive away the donkeys of the ^(D)orphans;
They take the ^(E)widow’s ox for a pledge.
⁴ They push ^(F)the needy aside from the road;
The ^(G)afflicted of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
⁵ Behold, as ^(H)wild donkeys in the wilderness
They ^(I)go forth seeking food earnestly in their work,
The desert becomes ^[d]for him a place of bread for his young ones.
⁶ They harvest their fodder in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
^7 (J)They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.
⁸ They are wet with the mountain rains
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
^9 [e]Others snatch the ^(K)orphan from the breast,
And against the afflicted they take a pledge.
¹⁰ Those poor ones walk about naked without clothing,
And hungry ones carry the sheaves.
¹¹ Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but thirst.
¹² From the city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God ^(L)does not pay attention to such offense.