New American Standard Bible 1995

Job 24:2-24

2 1Some 2remove the landmarks; They seize and 3devour flocks.3They drive away the donkeys of the 4orphans; They take the 5widow’s ox for a pledge.4They push 6the needy aside from the road; The 7poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.5Behold, as 8wild donkeys in the wilderness They 9go forth seeking food in their activity, As 10bread for their children in the desert.6They harvest their fodder in the field And glean the vineyard of the wicked.7 11They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering against the cold.8They are wet with the mountain rains And hug the rock for want of a shelter.9 12Others snatch the 13orphan from the breast, And against the poor they take a pledge.10They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing, And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.11Within the walls they produce oil; They tread wine presses but thirst.12From the city men groan, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God 14does not pay attention to folly.

13“15Others have been with those who rebel against the light; They do not want to know its ways Nor abide in its paths.14The murderer 16arises at dawn; He 17kills the poor and the needy, And at night he is as a thief.15The eye of the 18adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ And he 19disguises his face.16In the dark they 20dig into houses, They 21shut themselves up by day; They do not know the light.17For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness, For he is familiar with the 22terrors of thick darkness.

18“They are 23 24insignificant on the surface of the water; Their portion is 25cursed on the earth. They do not turn 26toward the 27vineyards.19Drought and heat 28 29consume the snow waters, So does 30 31Sheol those who have sinned.20A 32 33mother will forget him; The 34worm feeds sweetly till he is 35no longer remembered. And wickedness will be broken 36like a tree.21He wrongs the 37barren woman And does no good for 38the widow.22But He drags off the valiant by 39His power; He rises, but 40no one has assurance of life.23He provides them 41with security, and they are supported; And His 42eyes are on their ways.24They are exalted a 43little while, then they are gone; Moreover, they are 44brought low and like everything gathered up; Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

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Notes

1. Job 24:2 Lit They ↩
2. Job 24:2 Deut 19:14; 27:17; Prov 23:10 ↩
3. Job 24:2 Or pasture ↩
4. Job 24:3 Job 6:27 ↩
5. Job 24:3 Deut 24:17; Job 22:9 ↩
6. Job 24:4 Job 24:14; 29:16; 30:25; 31:19 ↩
7. Job 24:4 Job 29:12; Ps 41:1; Prov 14:31; 28:28; Amos 8:4 ↩
8. Job 24:5 Job 39:5-8 ↩
9. Job 24:5 Ps 104:23 ↩
10. Job 24:5 Lit his bread ↩
11. Job 24:7 Ex 22:26; Job 22:6 ↩
12. Job 24:9 Lit They ↩
13. Job 24:9 Job 6:27 ↩
14. Job 24:12 Job 9:23, 24 ↩
15. Job 24:13 Lit They ↩
16. Job 24:14 Mic 2:1 ↩
17. Job 24:14 Ps 10:8 ↩
18. Job 24:15 Prov 7:9 ↩
19. Job 24:15 Or puts a covering on his face ↩
20. Job 24:16 Ex 22:2; Matt 6:19 ↩
21. Job 24:16 John 3:20 ↩
22. Job 24:17 Job 15:21 ↩
23. Job 24:18 Or light or swift ↩
24. Job 24:18 Job 22:11, 16; 27:20 ↩
25. Job 24:18 Job 5:3 ↩
26. Job 24:18 Lit to the path of ↩
27. Job 24:18 Job 24:6, 11 ↩
28. Job 24:19 Lit seize ↩
29. Job 24:19 Job 6:16, 17 ↩
30. Job 24:19 I.e. nether world ↩
31. Job 24:19 Job 21:13 ↩
32. Job 24:20 Lit womb ↩
33. Job 24:20 Is 49:15 ↩
34. Job 24:20 Job 21:26 ↩
35. Job 24:20 Job 18:17; Ps 34:16; Prov 10:7 ↩
36. Job 24:20 Job 19:10; Dan 4:14 ↩
37. Job 24:21 Lit barren who does not bear ↩
38. Job 24:21 Job 22:9 ↩
39. Job 24:22 Job 9:4 ↩
40. Job 24:22 Job 18:20 ↩
41. Job 24:23 Job 12:6 ↩
42. Job 24:23 Job 10:4; 11:11 ↩
43. Job 24:24 Ps 37:10 ↩
44. Job 24:24 Job 14:21 ↩

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