Young's Literal Translation

Job 23

The Book of Job

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Chapter 24

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  Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.  

 

 

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  The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.  

 

 

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  The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,  

 

 

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  They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.  

 

 

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  Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones.  

 

 

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  In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.  

 

 

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  The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.  

 

 

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  From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock.  

 

 

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  They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.  

 

 

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10


 

  Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.  

 

 

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  Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.  

 

 

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12


 

  Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.  

 

 

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  They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.  

 

 

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14


 

  At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.  

 

 

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  And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.  

 

 

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  He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.  

 

 

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  When together, morning [is] to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.  

 

 

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  Light he [is] on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.  

 

 

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  Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol [those who] have sinned.  

 

 

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  Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten [on] him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.  

 

 

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  Treating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good,  

 

 

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  And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.  

 

 

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  He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes [are] on their ways.  

 

 

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24


 

  High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.  

 

 

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  And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?  

 

 

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Job 25

 

 

 

 

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