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Job 24 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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Who Can Prove Me a Liar?

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“Why are [fn]times not stored up by the Almighty,

And why do those who know Him not behold His days?

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[fn]Some move the boundaries;

They seize and [fn]devour flocks.

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“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;

They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

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“They push the needy aside from the road;

The afflicted of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.

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“Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness

They go forth seeking food earnestly in their work,

The desert becomes [fn]for him a place of bread for his young ones.

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“They harvest their fodder in the field

And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

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“They spend the night naked, without clothing,

And have no covering against the cold.

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“They are wet with the mountain rains

And hug the rock for want of a shelter.

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[fn]Others snatch the orphan from the breast,

And against the afflicted they take a pledge.

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“Those poor ones walk about naked without clothing,

And hungry ones carry the sheaves.

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“Within the walls they produce oil;

They tread wine presses but thirst.

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“From the city men groan,

And the souls of the wounded cry out;

Yet God does not pay attention to such offense.

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[fn]Others have been with those who rebel against the light;

They do not want to recognize its ways

Nor abide in its paths.

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“The murderer arises at dawn;

He kills the afflicted and the needy,

And at night he is as a thief.

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“The eye of the adulterer keeps watch for the twilight,

Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’

And he [fn]keeps his face hidden.

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“In the dark they dig into houses;

They shut themselves up by day;

They do not know the light.

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“For the morning is the same to him as the shadow of death,

For he recognizes the terrors of the shadow of death.

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[fn]They are [fn]insignificant on the surface of the water;

Their portion is cursed on the earth.

They do not turn [fn]toward the vineyards.

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“Drought and heat seize the snow waters,

So does Sheol those who have sinned.

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“A [fn]mother will forget him;

The worm feasts sweetly till he is no longer remembered.

And unrighteousness will be broken like a tree.

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“He feeds on the barren woman who does not give birth

And does no good for the widow.

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“But He drags off the mighty by His power;

He rises, but no one believes in his life.

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“He provides them with security, and they are supported;

And His eyes are on their ways.

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“They are exalted a little while, then they are gone;

Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up;

Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

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“Now if it is not so, who can prove me a liar,

And make my speech worthless?”

LSB Footnotes
Times of judgment
Lit They
Or pasture
Lit his bread
Lit They
Lit They
Lit sets
Implied, they (Job’s friends) say; Job 24:18-21
Or light, swift
Lit to the path of
Lit womb
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