{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":24,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/23","next":"job/25","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"[“] Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"[“] Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Why may those who know Him never see His days?"}],"h":"Job: Judgment for the Wicked","style":"indent1stline"},{"v":2,"t":"Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Men move boundary stones;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they pasture stolen flocks."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They drive away the donkey of the fatherless"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and take the widow’s ox in pledge."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They push the needy off the road"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and force all the poor of the land into hiding."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Indeed, [like] wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Indeed, [like] wild donkeys in the desert,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the poor go to work foraging for food;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the wasteland is food for their children."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They gather fodder in the fields"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and glean the vineyards of the wicked."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Without clothing, they spend the night naked;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they have no covering against the cold."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Drenched by mountain rains,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Without clothing, they wander about naked."},{"style":"indent2","t":"They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They crush olives within their walls;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"From the city, men groan,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the souls of the wounded cry out,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"yet God charges no one with wrongdoing."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Then there are those who rebel against the light,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"not knowing its ways or staying on its paths."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"When daylight [is gone], the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"When daylight [is gone], the murderer rises"},{"style":"indent2","t":"to kill the poor and needy;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"in the night he is like a thief."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking,‘ No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight."},{"style":"indent2","t":"Thinking,‘ No eye will see me,’ he covers his face."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"In the dark they dig through houses;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"by day they shut themselves in,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"never to experience the light."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For to them, deep darkness is their morning;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"They are but foam on the surface of the water;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"their portion of the land is cursed,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so that no one turns toward their vineyards."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":19,"t":"As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"As drought and heat consume the melting snow,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"so Sheol steals those who have sinned."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The womb forgets them;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the worm feeds on them;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"they are remembered no more."},{"style":"indent2","t":"So injustice is broken like a tree."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They prey on the barren and childless,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and show no kindness to the widow."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":22,"t":"Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"though rising up, they have no assurance of life."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":23,"t":"He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He gives them a sense of security,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"but His eyes are on their ways."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":24,"t":"They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"They are exalted for a moment,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"then they are gone;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"they are brought low and gathered up like all others;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they are cut off like heads of grain."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":25,"t":"If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and reduce my words to nothing?”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}