Job Says God Seems to Ignore Wrongs
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“They harvest their fodder in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
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8 And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
“They are wet with the mountain rains
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
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10 And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
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“Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but thirst.
12 They tread wine presses but thirst.
“From the city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God (L)does not pay attention to folly.
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God (L)does not pay attention to folly.
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“(f)Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
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17 They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
“For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,
For he is familiar with the (R)terrors of thick darkness.
For he is familiar with the (R)terrors of thick darkness.
Footnotes:
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Job 24:1: ['I.e. times of judgment']
b.
Job 24:2: ['Lit ', They]
c.
Job 24:2: ['Or ', pasture]
d.
Job 24:5: ['Lit ', his bread]
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Job 24:9: ['Lit ', They]
f.
Job 24:13: ['Lit ', They]
g.
Job 24:15: ['Or ', puts a covering on his face]
h.
Job 24:18: ['Or ', light, ' or ', swift]
i.
Job 24:18: ['Lit ', to the path of]
j.
Job 24:19: ['Lit ', seize]
k.
Job 24:19: ['I.e. nether world']
l.
Job 24:20: ['Lit ', womb]
m.
Job 24:21: ['Lit ', barren who does not bear]
Cross references:
H.
Job 24:5:
Job 39:5-8
I.
Job 24:5:
Psalm 104:23
N.
Job 24:14:
Psalm 10:8
AG.
Job 24:24:
Psalm 37:10