Thematic Bible
Job 24:1 (show verse)
Why does the Almighty not keep time? Why do those who know him never see his days?
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Job 24:2 (show verse)
The wicked remove landmarks. They seize flocks and pasture them.
Job 24:3 (show verse)
They drive away the donkey of the orphan. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Job 24:4 (show verse)
They force the needy to yield the road. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Job 24:5 (show verse)
Like wild donkeys in the desert they go out to their toil. They search in the wasteland food for their young.
Job 24:6 (show verse)
They reap in a field not their own and they glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
Job 24:7 (show verse)
They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
Job 24:8 (show verse)
They are wet with the rain of the mountains. They cling to the rock in search of shelter.
Job 24:9 (show verse)
There are those who snatch the orphan child from the breast. They take as a pledge the infant of the poor.
Job 24:10 (show verse)
The needy go about naked, without clothing; though hungry, they carry the sheaves.
Job 24:11 (show verse)
Between their terraces they press out oil. They tread the wine presses, but suffer thirst.
Job 24:12 (show verse)
The dying groan from the city. The throat of the wounded cries for help. Yet God pays no attention to their prayer.
Job 24:13 (show verse)
There are those who rebel against the light. They are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
Job 24:14 (show verse)
The murderer rises at dusk to kill the poor and needy, and in the night is like a thief.
Job 24:15 (show verse)
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight. He says: 'No eye will see me.' Then he disguises his face.
Job 24:16 (show verse)
In the dark they dig through houses. By day they shut themselves up. They do not know the light.
Job 24:17 (show verse)
For deep darkness is morning to all of them. They are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
Job 24:18 (show verse)
Swift are they on the face of the waters. Their portion in the land is cursed! No treader turns toward their vineyards.
Job 24:19 (show verse)
Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters! In the same way the grave takes those who have sinned.
Job 24:20 (show verse)
The womb forgets them. The worm finds them sweet. They are no longer remembered. Wickedness is broken like a tree.
Job 24:21 (show verse)
They harm the childless woman, and do no good to the widow.
Job 24:22 (show verse)
Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power and they rise up when they despair of life.
Job 24:23 (show verse)
He gives them security and they are supported. His eyes are upon their ways.
Job 24:24 (show verse)
They are exalted a little while, and then are gone. They wither and fade like everything gathered up. They are cut off like the heads of grain.
Job 24:25 (show verse)
If it is not so, who will prove me a liar, and show that there is nothing in what I say?
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