Job

Job 24 ©

1 Job sheweth that wicked men often go unpunished, and die as all other men.

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WHY, seeing atimes are not hidden from the Almighty, do bthey that know him not see his days?

a Ac. 1.6,7. Ps. 31.15.
b Ps. 36.10; 107.42,43. Is. 2.12. Am. 3.7.
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Some cremove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and 1feed thereof.

c De. 19.14; 27.17. Pr. 22.28; 23.10. Ho. 5.10.
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They ddrive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.

d De. 24.6-17. ch. 22.6. Ex. 22.26,27. 1Sa. 12.3,4.
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eThey turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

e v.14. Is. 10.2. Ps. 109.16. Eze. 18.12; 22.29. Pr. 30.14; 28.28. Am. 2.7; 5.12; 8.4,6.
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Behold, as fwild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising g*betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

f ch. 11.12. Je. 2.24. Ho. 8.9.
g Pr. 4.16. Zep. 3.7. Ro. 3.15. v.14.
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They reap every one his 2corn in the field: and 3they gather the *vintage of the wicked.

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They hcause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

h ch. 22.6. Ge. 31.40. v.10.
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They are iwet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

i Ca. 5.2. La. 4.5. He. 11.38.
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They jpluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

j 2Ki. 4.1. Ex. 22.26,27. ch. 22.6.
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They kcause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

k ch. 22.6. v.7. 1Jn. 3.17. Ja. 2.15,16; 5.4. De. 25.4; 23.25. Je. 22.13. De. 24.19. Lu. 6.1.
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Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

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lMen groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God mlayeth not folly to them.

l Ex. 2.23; 3.7. Ps. 12.5. Ec. 3.16.
m Ps. 50.21. Ec. 8.11. Mal. 2.17.
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They are of those that nrebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

n Jn. 3.19,20. Tit. 1.16. Ro. 1.32; 2.1-6; 3.10-18.
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oThe murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

o Ps. 10.8-11. Mi. 2.1. Pr. 4.16. Ep. 5.7,11. Ro. 3.15.
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pThe eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and 4disguiseth his face.

p Pr. 7.8-27; 9.17. Ps. 10.11. 2Pe. 2.14.
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qIn the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they rknow not the light.

q Ex. 22.2. Mat. 24.43,44.
r Jn. 3.20. Je. 8.7.
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For sthe morning is to them even tas the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

s Am. 5.8.
t Ge. 38.23. ch. 3.5.
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He is uswift vas the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he wbeholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

u Is. 23.10. Ps. 73.18-20. De. 28.16-19. Pr. 3.33. ch. 9.26.
v Ho. 10.7.
w Ps. 37.36; 103.16.
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Drought and heat 5consume the xsnow waters: so ydoth the grave those which have sinned.

x ch. 9.30.
y ch. 17.14; 21.23. Ps. 58.8; 68.2; 49.14; 73.4.
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The womb shall forget him; the worm shall zfeed sweetly on him; he ashall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall bbe broken as a tree.

a Ec. 8.10. Is. 26.14.
b Ps. 37.35,36; 104.35. ch. 18.16,17. Pr. 10.7.
z Ps. 49.14. ch. 19.26; 21.23.
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He cevil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth dnot good to the widow.

c 1Sa. 1.6,7. Ob. 12.
d v.3. ch. 29.13.
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He edraweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and 6no man is sure of life.

e Es. 3.8. Re. 16.14; 17.2,3. Pr. 4.16; 28.28. Ps. 10.9. De. 28.66.
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Though fit be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

f Ps. 73.3. Je. 12.1-3. Ge. 6.3.
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They are exalted gfor a little while, but 7are gone and brought low; they are 8taken out of the way as all other, and cut off has the tops of the ears of corn.

g ch. 20.5. Ps. 37.1-10,35,36; 73.3-20; 39.5. Ec. 9.1,2. 1Th. 5.3.
h Ps. 55.23. Lu. 12.20.
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And iif it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

i ch. 9.24.