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World English Bible

Job 24 (WEBP)

[1] “Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?
[2] There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
[3] They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
[4] They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
[5] Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
[6] They cut their food in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
[7] They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
[8] They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
[9] There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
[10] so that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.
[11] They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.
[12] From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.
[13] “These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.
[14] The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
[15] The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.
[16] In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.
[17] For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
[18] “They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don’t turn into the way of the vineyards.
[19] Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.
[20] The womb will forget him. The worm will feed sweetly on him. He will be no more remembered. Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree.
[21] He devours the barren who don’t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
[22] Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
[23] God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.
[24] They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, 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.
[25] If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”

Job 24:19 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

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Job 24 (KJVS)

[1] Why, seeing times are not hidden () from the Almighty, do they that know () him not see () his days?
[2] [Some] remove () the landmarks; they violently take away () flocks, and feed () [thereof].
[3] They drive away () the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. ()
[4] They turn () the needy out of the way: the poor () of the earth hide () themselves together.
[5] Behold, [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.
[6] They reap () () () [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather () the vintage of the wicked.
[7] They cause the naked to lodge () without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold.
[8] They are wet () with the showers of the mountains, and embrace () the rock for want of a shelter.
[9] They pluck () the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge () of the poor.
[10] They cause [him] to go () naked without clothing, and they take away () the sheaf [from] the hungry;
[11] [Which] make oil () within their walls, [and] tread () [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst. ()
[12] Men groan () from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: () yet God layeth () not folly [to them].
[13] They are of those that rebel () against the light; they know () not the ways thereof, nor abide () in the paths thereof.
[14] The murderer () rising () with the light killeth () the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
[15] The eye also of the adulterer () waiteth () for the twilight, saying, () No eye shall see () me: and disguiseth () [his] face.
[16] In the dark they dig through () houses, [which] they had marked () for themselves in the daytime: they know () not the light.
[17] For 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.
[18] He [is] swift as the waters; their portion is cursed () in the earth: he beholdeth () not the way of the vineyards.
[19] Drought and heat consume () the snow waters: [so doth] the grave [those which] have sinned. ()
[20] The 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.
[21] He evil entreateth () the barren [that] beareth () not: and doeth not good () to the widow.
[22] He draweth () also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, () and no [man] is sure () of life.
[23] [Though] it be given () him [to be] in safety, whereon he resteth; () yet his eyes [are] upon their ways.
[24] They 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.
[25] And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make () me a liar, () and make () my speech nothing worth?

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 24 (BYZ)

[1] δια τι δε κυριον ελαθον ωραι
[2] ασεβεις δε οριον υπερεβησαν ποιμνιον συν ποιμενι αρπασαντες
[3] υποζυγιον ορφανων απηγαγον και βουν χηρας ηνεχυρασαν
[4] εξεκλιναν αδυνατους εξ οδου δικαιας ομοθυμαδον εκρυβησαν πραεις γης
[5] απεβησαν δε ωσπερ ονοι εν αγρω υπερ εμου εξελθοντες την εαυτων πραξιν ηδυνθη αυτω αρτος εις νεωτερους
[6] αγρον προ ωρας ουκ αυτων οντα εθερισαν αδυνατοι δε αμπελωνας ασεβων αμισθι και ασιτι ηργασαντο
[7] γυμνους πολλους εκοιμισαν ανευ ιματιων αμφιασιν δε ψυχης αυτων αφειλαντο
[8] απο ψεκαδων ορεων υγραινονται παρα το μη εχειν αυτους σκεπην πετραν περιεβαλοντο
[9] ηρπασαν ορφανον απο μαστου εκπεπτωκοτα δε εταπεινωσαν
[10] γυμνους δε εκοιμισαν αδικως πεινωντων δε τον ψωμον αφειλαντο
[11] εν στενοις αδικως ενηδρευσαν οδον δε δικαιαν ουκ ηδεισαν
[12] οι εκ πολεως και οικων ιδιων εξεβαλλοντο ψυχη δε νηπιων εστεναξεν μεγα αυτος δε δια τι τουτων επισκοπην ου πεποιηται
[13] επι γης οντων αυτων και ουκ επεγνωσαν οδον δε δικαιοσυνης ουκ ηδεισαν ουδε ατραπους αυτης επορευθησαν
[14] γνους δε αυτων τα εργα παρεδωκεν αυτους εις σκοτος και νυκτος εσται ως κλεπτης
[15] και οφθαλμος μοιχου εφυλαξεν σκοτος λεγων ου προσνοησει με οφθαλμος και αποκρυβην προσωπου εθετο
[16] διωρυξεν εν σκοτει οικιας ημερας εσφραγισαν εαυτους ουκ επεγνωσαν φως
[17] οτι ομοθυμαδον το πρωι αυτοις σκια θανατου οτι επιγνωσεται ταραχας σκιας θανατου
[18] ελαφρος εστιν επι προσωπον υδατος καταραθειη η μερις αυτων επι γης
[19] αναφανειη δε τα φυτα αυτων επι γης ξηρα αγκαλιδα γαρ ορφανων ηρπασαν
[20] ειτ ανεμνησθη αυτου η αμαρτια ωσπερ δε ομιχλη δροσου αφανης εγενετο αποδοθειη δε αυτω α επραξεν συντριβειη δε πας αδικος ισα ξυλω ανιατω
[21] στειραν γαρ ουκ ευ εποιησεν και γυναιον ουκ ηλεησεν
[22] θυμω δε κατεστρεψεν αδυνατους αναστας τοιγαρουν ου μη πιστευση κατα της εαυτου ζωης
[23] μαλακισθεις μη ελπιζετω υγιασθηναι αλλα πεσειται νοσω
[24] πολλους γαρ εκακωσεν το υψωμα αυτου εμαρανθη δε ωσπερ μολοχη εν καυματι η ωσπερ σταχυς απο καλαμης αυτοματος αποπεσων
[25] ει δε μη τις εστιν ο φαμενος ψευδη με λεγειν και θησει εις ουδεν τα ρηματα μου