Thematic Bible
Job 24:1 (show verse)
Why do those who know Him not see His days [for punishment of the wicked]?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 24:2 (show verse)
“Some remove the landmarks;
They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].
Job 24:3 (show verse)
“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Job 24:4 (show verse)
“They crowd the needy off the road;
The poor of the land all hide themselves.
Job 24:5 (show verse)
“Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,
The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food;
As bread for their children in the desert.
Job 24:6 (show verse)
“They harvest their fodder in a field [that is not their own],
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
Job 24:7 (show verse)
“They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.
Job 24:8 (show verse)
“They are wet from the rain of the mountains
And cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
Job 24:9 (show verse)
“Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],
And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].
Job 24:10 (show verse)
“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.
Job 24:11 (show verse)
“Within the walls [of the wicked] the poor make [olive] oil;
They tread [the grapes in] the wine presses, but thirst.
Job 24:12 (show verse)
“From the [populous and crowded] city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out for help;
Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].
Job 24:13 (show verse)
“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor stay in its paths.
Job 24:14 (show verse)
“The murderer rises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he becomes a thief.
Job 24:15 (show verse)
“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’
And he covers his face.
Job 24:16 (show verse)
“In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light [of day].
Job 24:17 (show verse)
“For the morning is the same to him as the thick darkness [of midnight];
For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.
Job 24:18 (show verse)
“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth;
They do not turn toward the vineyards.
Job 24:19 (show verse)
“Drought and heat consume the snow waters;
So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] those who have sinned.
Job 24:20 (show verse)
“A mother will forget him;
The worm feeds on him until he is no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken like a tree [which cannot be restored].
Job 24:21 (show verse)
“He preys on the barren (childless) woman
And does no good for the widow.
Job 24:22 (show verse)
“Yet God draws away the mighty by His power;
He rises, but no one has assurance of life.
Job 24:23 (show verse)
“God gives them security, and they are supported;
And His eyes are on their ways.
Job 24:24 (show verse)
“They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone;
Moreover, they are brought low and like everything [they are] gathered up and taken out of the way;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
Job 24:25 (show verse)
“And if this is not so, who can prove me a liar
And make my speech worthless?”
No Themes for this verse.