Thematic Bible

Job 24:1

Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?
Why do those who know Him never see His days?
No Themes for this verse.

Job 24:2

The wicked displace boundary markers.
They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.

Job 24:3

They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless
and take the widow’s ox as collateral.

Job 24:4

They push the needy off the road;
the poor of the land are forced into hiding.

Job 24:5

Like wild donkeys in the desert,
the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;
the wilderness provides nourishment for their children.

Job 24:6

They gather their fodder in the field
and glean the vineyards of the wicked.

Job 24:7

Without clothing, they spend the night naked,
having no covering against the cold.

Job 24:8

Drenched by mountain rains,
they huddle against the rocks, shelterless.

Job 24:9

The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;
the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.

Job 24:10

Without clothing, they wander about naked.
They carry sheaves but go hungry.

Job 24:11

They crush olives in their presses;
they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.

Job 24:12

From the city, men groan;
the mortally wounded cry for help,
yet God pays no attention to this crime.

Job 24:13

The wicked are those who rebel against the light.
They do not recognize its ways
or stay on its paths.

Job 24:14

The murderer rises at dawn
to kill the poor and needy,
and by night he becomes a thief.

Job 24:15

The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,
thinking: No eye will see me;
he covers his face.

Job 24:16

In the dark they break into houses;
by day they lock themselves in,
never experiencing the light.

Job 24:17

For the morning is like darkness to them.
Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness!

Job 24:18

They float on the surface of the water.
Their section of the land is cursed,
so that they never go to their vineyards.

Job 24:19

As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,
so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

Job 24:20

The womb forgets them;
worms feed on them;
they are remembered no more.
So injustice is broken like a tree.

Job 24:21

They prey on the childless woman who is unable to conceive,
and do not deal kindly with the widow.

Job 24:22

Yet God drags away the mighty by His power;
when He rises up, they have no assurance of life.

Job 24:23

He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,
but His eyes watch over their ways.

Job 24:24

They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone;
they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else.
They wither like heads of grain.

Job 24:25

If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar
and show that my speech is worthless?
No Themes for this verse.