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Job Complains of Violence on the Earth

1 “Since atimes are not hidden from the Almighty,
Why do those who know Him see not His bdays? 
2 “Some remove alandmarks;
They seize flocks violently and feed on them; 
3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
They atake the widow’s ox as a pledge. 
4 They push the needy off the road;
All the apoor of the land are forced to hide. 
5 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.
6 They gather their fodder in the field
And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
7 They aspend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold. 
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And ahuddle around the rock for want of shelter. 
9 “Some snatch the fatherless from the breast,
And take a pledge from the poor.
10 They cause the poor to go naked, without aclothing;
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry. 
11 They press out oil within their walls,
And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
12 The dying groan in the city,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not charge them with wrong.
13 “There are those who rebel against the light;
They do not know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
14 aThe murderer rises with the light;
He kills the poor and needy;
And in the night he is like a thief. 
15 aThe eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
bSaying, ‘No eye will see me’;
And he1 disguises his face. 
16 In the dark they break into houses
Which they marked for themselves in the daytime;
aThey do not know the light. 
17 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.
18 “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.
19 As drought and heat1 consume the snow waters,
So1 the grave consumes those who have sinned. 
20 The womb should forget him,
The worm should feed sweetly on him;
aHe should be remembered no more,
And wickedness should be broken like a tree. 
21 For he1 preys on the barren who do not bear,
And does no good for the widow. 
22 “But God draws the mighty away with His power;
He rises up, but no man is sure of life.
23 He gives them security, and they rely on it;
Yet aHis eyes are on their ways. 
24 They are1 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. 
25 “Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar,
And make my speech worth nothing?”
Verse Comparison: Job 24:1

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American Standard Version
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

Amplified® Bible
WHY [seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty] does He not set seasons for judgment? Why do those who know Him see not His days [for punishment of the wicked]?

Contemporary English Version
Why doesn't God set a time for court? Why don't his people know where he can be found?

Darby English Version
Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?

Good News Bible
Why doesn't God set a time for judging, a day of justice for those who serve him?

King James Version
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

New American Standard Bible
"Why are times not stored up by the Almighty, And why do those who know Him not see His days?

New International Version
"Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment?
Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?

New King James Version
"Since times are not hidden from the Almighty,
Why do those who know Him see not His days?

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Why has the Almighty not stored up times, And why do those who know Him not see His days?

Revised Standard Version
"Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?

Young's Literal Translation
Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

New English Translation
“Why are times not appointed by1 the Almighty?2 Why do those who know him not see his days?


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