1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof .3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow' ox for a pledge.4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them .13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.23Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other , and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.25And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
Job 24
English Standard Version
from Crossway1“Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days? (Job 15:20; Job 18:20; Ec 9:12; Isa 2:12; Isa 13:6; Isa 13:9; Isa 13:22; Jer 27:7; Eze 22:3; Eze 30:3; Joe 1:15; Joe 2:1; Am 5:18)2Some move landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them. (De 19:14)3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. (Job 22:6)4They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the earth all hide themselves. (Job 30:5; Pr 28:28; Am 2:7; Am 5:12; Mal 3:5)5Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poor[1] go out to their toil, seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children. (Ps 104:21; Ps 104:23)6They gather their[2] fodder in the field, and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.7They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold. (Ex 22:26; De 24:12)8They are wet with the rain of the mountains and cling to the rock for lack of shelter. (La 4:5)9(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.)10They go about naked, without clothing; hungry, they carry the sheaves; (2Ti 2:6; Jas 5:4)11among the olive rows of the wicked[3] they make oil; they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.12From out of the city the dying[4] groan, and the soul of the wounded cries for help; yet God charges no one with wrong. (Job 1:22; Jer 51:52; Eze 30:24)13“There are those who rebel against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths. (Joh 3:19)14The murderer rises before it is light, that he may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief. (Ps 10:8)15The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me’; and he veils his face. (Ps 10:11; Pr 7:9)16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light. (Ex 22:2; Job 31:9; Mt 6:20)17For deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness. (Job 3:5)18“You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land; no treader turns toward their vineyards. (Job 9:26; Ho 10:7)19Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does Sheol those who have sinned. (Job 21:13)20The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like a tree.’ (Job 18:16; Pr 10:7)21“They wrong the barren, childless woman, and do no good to the widow.22Yet God[5] prolongs the life of the mighty by his power; they rise up when they despair of life.23He gives them security, and they are supported, and his eyes are upon their ways. (Ps 11:4; Pr 15:3)24They are exalted a little while, and then are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like the heads of grain. (Job 14:2; Job 27:19; Ps 37:10)25If it is not so, who will prove me a liar and show that there is nothing in what I say?” (Job 9:24)