Job · World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Job 24 World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
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1 “Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?
1 “Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?
2 There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
2 There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
4 They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
4 They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
5 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
5 Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
6 They cut their food in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
6 They cut their food in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
7 They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
7 They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
9 There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
9 There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
10 so that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.
10 so that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.
11 They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.
11 They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.
12 From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.
12 From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.
13 “These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.
13 “These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.
14 The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
14 The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.
15 The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.
16 In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.
16 In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.
17 For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
17 For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
18 “They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed on the earth. They don’t turn into the way of the vineyards.
18 “They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed on the earth. They don’t turn into the way of the vineyards.
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.
19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.
20 The womb will forget him. The worm will feed sweetly on him. He will be no more remembered. Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree.
20 The womb will forget him. The worm will feed sweetly on him. He will be no more remembered. Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree.
21 He devours the barren who don’t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
21 He devours the barren who don’t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
22 Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
22 Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
23 God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.
23 God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.
24 They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
24 They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
25 If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”
25 If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Acts 1:7; Ecclesiastes 3:17; 2 Peter 3:7–8; Ecclesiastes 8:6–7; Psalm 36:10
- 2 Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17; Proverbs 23:10; Proverbs 22:28; Hosea 5:10
- 3 Deuteronomy 24:6; Job 22:6–9; Job 31:16–17; Deuteronomy 24:17–21; Deuteronomy 24:10–13
- 4 Proverbs 28:28; Job 24:14; Ezekiel 22:29; Amos 2:7; James 5:4–6
- 5 Micah 2:1; Psalm 104:23; Job 5:5; Job 39:5–7; Acts 23:12
- 6 Micah 6:15; Judges 6:3–6; Deuteronomy 28:33; Deuteronomy 28:51
- 7 Exodus 22:26–27; Job 22:6; Deuteronomy 24:11–13; Job 24:10; Proverbs 31:21
- 8 Lamentations 4:5; Hebrews 11:38; Song of Songs 5:2
- 9 Nehemiah 5:5; 2 Kings 4:1
- 10 Amos 2:7–8; Deuteronomy 24:19; Amos 5:11–12
- 11 Jeremiah 22:13; James 5:4; Deuteronomy 25:4
- 12 Ecclesiastes 4:1; Psalm 50:21; Romans 2:4–5; Ecclesiastes 8:11–12; Malachi 2:17
- 13 John 3:19–20; Proverbs 4:19; Jude 6; 2 Thessalonians 2:10–12; 1 John 2:19
- 14 1 Thessalonians 5:2; Micah 2:1–2; Revelation 3:3; Psalm 10:8–10; Ephesians 5:7–11
- 15 Psalm 10:11; Proverbs 7:9–10; Ezekiel 8:12; Ezekiel 9:9; Proverbs 6:32–35
- 16 John 3:20; Ephesians 5:11–13; Ezekiel 12:12; Matthew 6:19; Ezekiel 12:5–7
- 17 Job 3:5; Jeremiah 2:26; 2 Corinthians 5:10–11; Revelation 6:16–17; Psalm 73:18–19
- 18 Deuteronomy 28:16–20; Malachi 2:2; Isaiah 23:10; Psalm 73:18–20; Psalm 69:22
- 19 Psalm 49:14; Proverbs 14:32; Luke 16:22; Job 21:13; Psalm 68:2
- 20 Proverbs 10:7; Daniel 4:14; Job 18:16–17; Ecclesiastes 8:10; Matthew 3:10
- 21 Job 29:13; 1 Samuel 1:6–7; Job 22:9; Job 31:16–18; Job 24:3
- 22 Daniel 6:4–9; John 19:12–16; Revelation 16:13–14; Esther 3:8–10; Revelation 17:2
- 23 Proverbs 15:3; Revelation 2:23; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Psalm 73:3–12; Amos 8:7
- 24 Psalm 37:10; James 1:11; Psalm 92:7; James 5:1–3; Psalm 37:35–36
- 25 Job 9:24; Job 11:2–3; Job 6:28; Job 27:4; Job 15:2
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