Job.24.1
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
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"But if Judgment Day isn't hidden from the Almighty, why are we kept in the dark?
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"Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?
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"Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, Why do those who know Him see not His days?
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"Why doesn't the Almighty open the court and bring judgment? Why must the godly wait for him in vain?
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Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
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There are people out there getting by with murder--stealing and lying and cheating.
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Men move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.
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"Some remove landmarks; They seize flocks violently and feed on them;
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Evil people steal land by moving the boundary markers. They steal flocks of sheep,
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
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They rip off the poor and exploit the unfortunate,
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They drive away the orphan's donkey and take the widow's ox in pledge.
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They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox as a pledge.
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and they even take donkeys from the poor and fatherless. A poor widow must surrender her valuable ox as collateral for a loan.
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They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
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Push the helpless into the ditch, bully the weak so that they fear for their lives.
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They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
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They push the needy off the road; All the poor of the land are forced to hide.
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The poor are kicked aside; the needy must hide together for safety.
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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.
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The poor, like stray dogs and cats, scavenge for food in back alleys.
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Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.
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Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, They go out to their work, searching for food. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
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Like the wild donkeys in the desert, the poor must spend all their time just getting enough to keep body and soul together. They go into the desert to search for food for their children.
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They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
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They sort through the garbage of the rich, eke out survival on handouts.
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They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
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They gather their fodder in the field And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
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They harvest a field they do not own, and they glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
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They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
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Homeless, they shiver through cold nights on the street; they've no place to lay their heads.
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Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
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They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
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All night they lie naked in the cold, without clothing or covering.
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
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Exposed to the weather, wet and frozen, they huddle in makeshift shelters.
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They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
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They are soaked by mountain showers, and they huddle against the rocks for want of a home.
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They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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Nursing mothers have their babies snatched from them; the infants of the poor are kidnapped and sold.
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The fatherless child is snatched from the breast; the infant of the poor is seized for a debt.
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"Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.
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"The wicked snatch a widow's child from her breast; they take the baby as a pledge for a loan.
Job.24.10
They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
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They go about patched and threadbare; even the hard workers go hungry.
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Lacking clothes, they go about naked; they carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
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They cause the poor to go naked, without clothing; And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
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The poor must go about naked, without any clothing. They are forced to carry food while they themselves are starving.
Job.24.11
Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
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No matter how back-breaking their labor, they can never make ends meet.
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They crush olives among the terraces; they tread the winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
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They press out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
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They press out olive oil without being allowed to taste it, and they tread in the winepress as they suffer from thirst.
Job.24.12
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
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People are dying right and left, groaning in torment. The wretched cry out for help and God does nothing, acts like nothing's wrong!
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The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the souls of the wounded cry out for help. But God charges no one with wrongdoing.
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The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
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The groans of the dying rise from the city, and the wounded cry for help, yet God does not respond to their moaning.
Job.24.13
They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
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"Then there are those who avoid light at all costs, who scorn the light-filled path.
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"There are those who rebel against the light, who do not know its ways or stay in its paths.
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"There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths.
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"Wicked people rebel against the light. They refuse to acknowledge its ways. They will not stay in its paths.
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The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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When the sun goes down, the murderer gets up--kills the poor and robs the defenseless.
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When daylight is gone, the murderer rises up and kills the poor and needy; in the night he steals forth like a thief.
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The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief.
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The murderer rises in the early dawn to kill the poor and needy; at night he is a thief.
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The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
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Sexual predators can't wait for nightfall, thinking, "No one can see us now.'
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The eye of the adulterer watches for dusk; he thinks, 'No eye will see me,' and he keeps his face concealed.
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The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, "No eye will see me'; And he disguises his face.
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The adulterer waits for the twilight, for he says, `No one will see me then.' He masks his face so no one will know him.
Job.24.16
In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
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Burglars do their work at night, but keep well out of sight through the day. They want nothing to do with light.
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In the dark, men break into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they want nothing to do with the light.
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In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light.
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They break into houses at night and sleep in the daytime. They are not acquainted with the light.
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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.
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Deep darkness is morning for that bunch; they make the terrors of darkness their companions in crime.
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For all of them, deep darkness is their morning; they make friends with the terrors of darkness.
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For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death; If someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
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The black night is their morning. They ally themselves with the terrors of the darkness.
Job.24.18
He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
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"They are scraps of wood floating on the water--useless, cursed junk, good for nothing.
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"Yet they are foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one goes to the vineyards.
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"They should be swift on the face of the waters, Their portion should be cursed in the earth, So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards.
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"But they disappear from the earth as quickly as foam is swept down a river. Everything they own is cursed, so that no one enters their vineyard.
Job.24.19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
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As surely as snow melts under the hot, summer sun, sinners disappear in the grave.
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As heat and drought snatch away the melted snow, so the grave snatches away those who have sinned.
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As drought and heat consume the snow waters, So the grave consumes those who have sinned.
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Death consumes sinners just as drought and heat consume snow.
Job.24.20
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.
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The womb has forgotten them, worms have relished them--nothing that is evil lasts.
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The womb forgets them, the worm feasts on them; evil men are no longer remembered but are broken like a tree.
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The womb should forget him, The worm should feed sweetly on him; He should be remembered no more, And wickedness should be broken like a tree.
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Even the sinner's own mother will forget him. Worms will find him sweet to eat. No one will remember him. Wicked people are broken like a tree in the storm.
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He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
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Unscrupulous, they prey on those less fortunate.
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They prey on the barren and childless woman, and to the widow show no kindness.
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For he preys on the barren who do not bear, And does no good for the widow.
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For they have taken advantage of the childless who have no protecting sons. They refuse to help the needy widows.
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He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
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However much they strut and flex their muscles, there's nothing to them. They're hollow.
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But God drags away the mighty by his power; though they become established, they have no assurance of life.
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"But God draws the mighty away with His power; He rises up, but no man is sure of life.
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"God, in his power, drags away the rich. They may rise high, but they have no assurance in life.
Job.24.23
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
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They may have an illusion of security, but God has his eye on them.
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He may let them rest in a feeling of security, but his eyes are on their ways.
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He gives them security, and they rely on it; Yet His eyes are on their ways.
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They may be allowed to live in security, but God is always watching them.
Job.24.24
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.
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They may get their brief successes, but then it's over, nothing to show for it. Like yesterday's newspaper, they're used to wrap up the garbage.
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For a little while they are exalted, and then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
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They are exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all others; They dry out like the heads of grain.
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And though they are great now, in a moment they will be gone like all others, withered like heads of grain.
Job.24.25
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
Job.24.25
You're free to try to prove me a liar, but you won't be able to do it." Bildad's Third Attack Even the Stars Aren't Perfect in God's Eyes
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"If this is not so, who can prove me false and reduce my words to nothing?"
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"Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"
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"Can anyone claim otherwise? Who can prove me wrong?"
