Job

Job 24

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

1WHY, 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.

2Some ^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.

3They ^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.

4^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.

5Behold, 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.

6They reap every one his ²corn in the field: and ³they gather the ^*vintage of the wicked.

7They ^hcause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

h ch. 22.6. Ge. 31.40. v.10.

8They 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.

9They ^jpluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

j 2Ki. 4.1. Ex. 22.26,27. ch. 22.6.

10They ^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.

11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

12^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.

13They 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.

14^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.

15^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.

16^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.

17For ^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.

18He 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.

19Drought 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.

20The 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.

z Ps. 49.14. ch. 19.26; 21.23. a Ec. 8.10. Is. 26.14. b Ps. 37.35,36; 104.35. ch. 18.16,17. Pr. 10.7.

21He ^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.

22He ^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.

23Though ^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.

24They 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.

25And ⁱif it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

i ch. 9.24.