Job 24

1 Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.YLT — Job 24:1

2 The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.YLT — Job 24:2

3 The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,YLT — Job 24:3

4 They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.YLT — Job 24:4

5 Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself — food for young ones.YLT — Job 24:5

6 In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.YLT — Job 24:6

7 The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.YLT — Job 24:7

8 From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge — have embraced a rock.YLT — Job 24:8

9 They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.YLT — Job 24:9

10 Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry — have taken away a sheaf.YLT — Job 24:10

11 Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.YLT — Job 24:11

12 Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.YLT — Job 24:12

13 They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.YLT — Job 24:13

14 At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.YLT — Job 24:14

15 And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye doth behold me.’ And he putteth the face in secret.YLT — Job 24:15

16 He hath dug in the darkness — houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.YLT — Job 24:16

17 When together, morning [is] to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.YLT — Job 24:17

18 Light he [is] on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.YLT — Job 24:18

19 Drought — also heat — consume snow-waters, Sheol [those who] have sinned.YLT — Job 24:19

20 Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten [on] him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.YLT — Job 24:20

21 Treating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good,YLT — Job 24:21

22 And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.YLT — Job 24:22

23 He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes [are] on their ways.YLT — Job 24:23

24 High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.YLT — Job 24:24

25 And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?YLT — Job 24:25