Job 24

1 ♥ 📝 W hy 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

2 ♥ 📝 There are that remove^H5381 the landmarks;^H1367 They violently take away^H1497 flocks,^H5739 and feed^H7462 them.

3 ♥ 📝 They drive away^H5090 the ass^H2543 of the fatherless;^H3490 They take^H2254 the widow's^H490 ox^H7794 for a pledge.^H2254

4 ♥ 📝 They turn^H5186 the needy^H34 out of the way:^H1870 The poor^H6041 of the earth^H776 all^H3162 hide^H2244 themselves.

5 ♥ 📝 Behold, 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

6 ♥ 📝 They cut^H7114 their provender^H1098 in the field;^H7704 And they glean^H3953 the vintage^H3754 of the wicked.^H7563

7 ♥ 📝 They lie all night^H3885 naked^H6174 without clothing,^H3830 And have no covering^H3682 in the cold.^H7135

8 ♥ 📝 They are wet^H7372 with the showers^H2230 of the mountains,^H2022 And embrace^H2263 the rock^H6697 for want of a shelter.^H4268

9 ♥ 📝 There 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

11 ♥ 📝 They make oil^H6671 within^H996 the walls^H7791 of these men; They tread^H1869 [their] winepresses,^H3342 and suffer thirst.^H6770

12 ♥ 📝 From 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

13 ♥ 📝 These 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.

14 ♥ 📝 The 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

15 ♥ 📝 The 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

16 ♥ 📝 In 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

17 ♥ 📝 For 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

18 ♥ 📝 Swiftly 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

19 ♥ 📝 Drought^H6723 and heat^H2527 consume^H1497 the snow^H7950 waters:^H4325 [So doth] Sheol^H7585 [those that] have sinned.^H2398

20 ♥ 📝 The 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

21 ♥ 📝 He devoureth^H7462 the barren^H6135 that beareth^H3205 not, And doeth not good^H3190 to the widow.^H490

22 ♥ 📝 Yet [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

24 ♥ 📝 They 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

25 ♥ 📝 And if it be not so now,^H645 who will prove^H7760 me a liar,^H3576 And make^H7760 my speech^H4405 nothing worth?^H408