1 Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days? ASV — Job 24:1
2 There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them. ASV — Job 24:2
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow`s ox for a pledge. ASV — Job 24:3
4 They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. ASV — Job 24:4
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children. ASV — Job 24:5
6 They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. ASV — Job 24:6
7 They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold. ASV — Job 24:7
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. ASV — Job 24:8
9 There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor; ASV — Job 24:9
10 [So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves. ASV — Job 24:10
11 They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst. ASV — Job 24:11
12 From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly. ASV — Job 24:12
13 These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof. ASV — Job 24:13
14 The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. ASV — Job 24:14
15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face. ASV — Job 24:15
16 In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light. ASV — Job 24:16
17 For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness. ASV — Job 24:17
18 Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards. ASV — Job 24:18
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned. ASV — Job 24:19
20 The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree. ASV — Job 24:20
21 He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow. ASV — Job 24:21
22 Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life. ASV — Job 24:22
23 [God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways. ASV — Job 24:23
24 They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain. ASV — Job 24:24
25 And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth? ASV — Job 24:25