Job 24

1Why are times^H6256 not laid up^H6845 by the Almighty^H7706? And why do not they that know^H3045 him see^H2372 his days^H3117? 2There are that remove^H5381 the landmarks^H1367; They violently take away^H1497 flocks^H5739, and feed^H7462 them. 3They drive away^H5090 the ass^H2543 of the fatherless^H3490; They take^H2254 the widow's^H490 ox^H7794 for a pledge^H2254. 4They turn^H5186 the needy^H34 out of the way^H1870: The poor^H6041 of the earth^H776 all^H3162 hide^H2244 themselves. 5Behold, as wild asses^H6501 in the desert^H4057 They go forth^H3318 to their work^H6467, seeking diligently^H7836 for food^H2964; The wilderness^H6160 yieldeth them bread^H3899 for their children^H5288. 6They cut^H7114 their provender^H1098 in the field^H7704; And they glean^H3953 the vintage^H3754 of the wicked^H7563. 7They lie all night^H3885 naked^H6174 without clothing^H3830, And have no covering^H3682 in the cold^H7135. 8They are wet^H7372 with the showers^H2230 of the mountains^H2022, And embrace^H2263 the rock^H6697 for want of a shelter^H4268. 9There are that pluck^H1497 the fatherless^H3490 from the breast^H7699, And take a pledge^H2254 of the poor^H6041; 10 So that they go^H1980 about naked^H6174 without clothing^H3830, And being hungry^H7457 they carry^H5375 the sheaves^H6016. 11They make oil^H6671 within^H996 the walls^H7791 of these men; They tread^H1869 their winepresses^H3342, and suffer thirst^H6770. 12From out of the populous city^H5892 men^H4962 groan^H5008, And the soul^H5315 of the wounded^H2491 crieth out^H7768: Yet God^H433 regardeth^H7760 not the folly^H8604. 13These are of them that rebel^H4775 against the light^H216; They know^H5234 not the ways^H1870 thereof, Nor abide^H3427 in the paths^H5410 thereof. 14The murderer^H7523 riseth^H6965 with the light^H216; He killeth^H6991 the poor^H6041 and needy^H6041; And in the night^H3915 he is as a thief^H1590. 15The eye^H5869 also of the adulterer^H5003 waiteth^H8104 for the twilight^H5399, Saying^H559, No eye^H5869 shall see^H7789 me: And he disguiseth^H5643 his face^H6440. 16In the dark^H2822 they dig through^H2864 houses^H1004: They shut^H2856 themselves up in the day-time^H3119; They know^H3045 not the light^H216. 17For the morning^H1242 is to all of them as^H3162 thick darkness^H6757; For they know^H5234 the terrors^H1091 of the thick darkness^H6757. 18Swiftly they pass away^H7031 upon the face of the waters^H6440; Their portion^H2513 is cursed^H7043 in the earth^H776: They turn^H6437 not into the way^H1870 of the vineyards^H3754. 19Drought^H6723 and heat^H2527 consume^H1497 the snow^H7950 waters^H4325: So doth Sheol^H7585 those that have sinned^H2398. 20The womb^H7358 shall forget^H7911 him; The worm^H7415 shall feed sweetly^H4988 on him; He shall be no more remembered^H2142; And unrighteousness^H5766 shall be broken^H7665 as a tree^H6086. 21He devoureth^H7462 the barren^H6135 that beareth^H3205 not, And doeth not good^H3190 to the widow^H490. 22Yet God preserveth^H4900 the mighty^H47 by his power^H3581: He riseth up^H6965 that hath no assurance^H539 of life^H2416. 23 God giveth^H5414 them to be in security^H983, and they rest^H8172 thereon; And his eyes^H5869 are upon their ways^H1870. 24They are exalted^H7426; yet a little while^H4592, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low^H4355, they are taken out^H7092 of the way^H1870 as all others, And are cut off^H5243 as the tops^H7218 of the ears of grain^H7641. 25And if it be not so now^H645, who will prove^H7760 me a liar^H3576, And make^H7760 my speech^H4405 nothing worth^H408?