Job 24

Revised Geneva Translation

24 “How should not the times be hidden from the Almighty, seeing that those who know Him do not see

² “Some remove the landmarks, those who rob the flocks and feed on them.

³ “They lead away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox to pledge.

⁴ “They make the poor turn out of the way, so that the poor of the Earth hide themselves together.

⁵ “Behold, others as wild donkeys in the wilderness go forth to their business and rise early for a prey. The wilderness gives him and his children food.

⁶ “They reap his provision in the field, but they gather the late vintage of the wicked.

⁷ “They cause the naked to lodge without garment, and without covering in the cold.

⁸ “They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and they embrace the rock for want of a covering.

⁹ “They pluck the fatherless from the breast and take the pledge of the poor.

¹⁰ “They cause him to go naked without clothing and take the gleaning from the hungry.

¹¹ “Those who make oil between their walls, and tread their winepresses, suffer thirst.

¹² “Men cry out of the city, and the souls of the slain cry out. Yet, God does not charge them with folly.

¹³ “These are those who abhor the light. They do not know its ways or continue in its paths.

¹⁴ “The murderer rises early and kills the poor and the needy. And in the night, he is as a thief.

¹⁵ “Also, the eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, and says, ‘No eye shall see me,’ and disguises his face.

¹⁶ “They dig through houses in the dark which they marked for themselves in the day. They do not know the light.

¹⁷ “But the morning is as the shadow of death to them. Indeed, they are known in the terrors of the shadow of death.

¹⁸ “He is swift upon the waters. Their portion shall be cursed on the Earth. He will not behold the way of the vineyards.

¹⁹ “As the dry ground and heat consume the snow waters, so shall the grave the sinners.

²⁰ “The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed on his sweetness. He shall be remembered no more, and the wicked shall be broken like a tree.

²¹ “He preys on the barren who does not bear, and does no good to the widow.

²² “But He draws the mighty by His power. When He rises up, no one is sure of life.

²³ “Though men give Him assurance to be in safety, yet His eyes are upon their ways.

²⁴ “They are exalted for a little, but they are gone and are brought low, as all others. They are destroyed and cut off, as the top of an ear of corn.

²⁵ “But if it is not so, where is he? Who will prove me a liar and make my words of no value?”