24 Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?(A)
Why do those who know Him never see His days?
The wicked displace boundary markers.
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.
They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless(B)
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
They push the needy off the road;
the poor of the land are forced into hiding.(C)
Like wild donkeys in the desert,
the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;
the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.
They gather their fodder in the field
and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
Without clothing, they spend the night naked,
having no covering against the cold.(D)
Drenched by mountain rains,
they huddle against[a] the rocks, shelterless.
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)

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:8 Lit they embrace
  2. Job 24:9 Text emended; MT reads breast; they seize collateral against the poor
  3. Job 24:11 Lit olives between their rows
  4. Job 24:12 One Hb ms, Syr read the dying

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