JobJudaism / Hebrew BibleAccepted ScriptureBiblical Hebrew / AramaicShareJob 24Darby - EnglishMoreVersion - 9 availableWorld English BibleKing James VersionAmerican Standard VersionDarby BibleYoung's Literal TranslationWebster BibleGeneva BibleDouay-Rheims ChallonerReina-Valera 1909WEBKJVASVDarbyYLTWebsterGenevaDouayRV1909LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Job 1Job 2Job 3Job 4Job 5Job 6Job 7Job 8Job 9Job 10Job 11Job 12Job 13Job 14Job 15Job 16Job 17Job 18Job 19Job 20Job 21Job 22Job 23Job 24Job 25Job 26Job 27Job 28Job 29Job 30Job 31Job 32Job 33Job 34Job 35Job 36Job 37Job 38Job 39Job 40Job 41Job 42›Job 24ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days? 2They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them; 3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge; 4They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves. 5Lo, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] them food for [their] children. 6They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked; 7They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold; 8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock... 9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor: 10These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf; 11They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. 12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; andGod imputeth not the impiety. 13There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face. 16In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light: 17For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death. 18He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards. 19Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned. 20The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, — 21He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow: 22He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life. 23[God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways. 24They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all [other] are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. 25If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? ‹Previous chapterJob 23Next chapterJob 25›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.VersionsJob 24 across 9 versionsShow all 9WEB - World English BibleKJV - King James VersionASV - American Standard VersionDarby - Darby BibleYLT - Young's Literal TranslationWebster - Webster BibleGeneva - Geneva BibleDouay - Douay-Rheims ChallonerRV1909 - Reina-Valera 1909Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public Domain