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Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,</p> <p class="poetry2">they work diligently as they seek wild game in the desert,</p> <p class="poetry2">food for them and their young ones.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They reap fodder in the field</p> <p class="poetry2">and glean in the vineyard of the wicked.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They spend the night naked, without clothing,</p> <p class="poetry2">with no covering against the cold.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They are wet from mountain rains;</p> <p class="poetry2">without shelter, they cling to a rock.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“The fatherless are torn from the breast;</p> <p class="poetry2">the poor are taken away as security for a loan.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:9 The Heb. lacks for a loan">d</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They wander around naked, without clothes;</p> <p class="poetry2">hungry, though they carry sheaves of grain.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:10 The Heb. lacks grain">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They press oil between the olive groves owned by the wicked;</p> <p class="poetry2">they suffer from thirst, even while treading the winepress.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>From the city, dying men groan aloud,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the wounded cries out for help,</p> <p class="poetry2">but God charges no one with wrong.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“Then there are those who rebel against the light;</p> <p class="poetry2">they are not acquainted with its ways;</p> <p class="poetry2">and they don’t stay on its course.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:13 Or path">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The murderer rises at dawn to kill the poor and needy;</p> <p class="poetry2">at night, he is like a thief.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The adulterer watches for twilight,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:15 Lit. twilight">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">saying, ‘No eye is watching me’</p> <p class="poetry2">while he veils his face.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>They break into houses in the dark;</p> <p class="poetry2">during the day they remained sealed in.</p> <p class="poetry2">They don’t know daylight.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>As a group, deep darkness is their morning time;</p> <p class="poetry2">fear that lives in darkness is their friend.”</p> <p class="heading">Social Injustice will Be Punished</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“They remain only a short time on the water’s surface;</p> <p class="poetry2">their inheritance will be cursed in the land;</p> <p class="poetry2">no one will work in their vineyards.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As drought and heat evaporate melting snow,</p> <p class="poetry2">that’s what Sheol<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:19 i.e. the realm of the afterlife">h</a></span> does with sinners.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The womb will forget them.</p> <p class="poetry2">Maggots will find them to be a delicacy!</p> <p class="poetry2">They won’t be remembered anymore,</p> <p class="poetry2">their iniquity will be cut to pieces like firewood.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:20 Lit. like a tree">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“They prey on the barren woman,</p> <p class="poetry2">and do no favors for widows.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>God<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:22 Lit. He">j</a></span> prolongs the life of the strong by his power,</p> <p class="poetry2">but they get up in the morning<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:22 The Heb. lacks in the morning">k</a></span> without purpose in life.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He gives them security and financial support,</p> <p class="poetry2">but he watches everything they do.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They’re exalted momentarily, but then they are gone;</p> <p class="poetry2">they are humbled,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="24:24 Or brought low">l</a></span> just like all the others.</p> <p class="poetry2">They are cut down like heads of corn.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/job/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>If this weren’t so, who can prove that I’m a liar</p> <p class="poetry2">by showing that there’s nothing to what I’m saying?”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 24:2 Or <i>borders</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 24:2 The Heb. lacks <i>them</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 24:3 The Heb. lacks <i>for a loan</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 24:9 The Heb. lacks <i>for a loan</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 24:10 The Heb. lacks <i>grain</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 24:13 Or <i>path</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 24:15 Lit. <i>twilight</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 24:19 i.e. the realm of the afterlife<br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 24:20 Lit.<i> like a tree</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 24:22 Lit. <i>He</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 24:22 The Heb. lacks <i>in the morning</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 24:24 Or <i>brought low</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../job/23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../job/25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/job/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>