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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Job 24 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/job/24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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25">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h5 class="sp">Job Continues</h5><h3 class="s1">Why Doesn't God Set a Time?</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_1"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.1" class="v18_24_1">1</span>Why doesn't God</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_1">set a time for court?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_1">Why don't his people know</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_1">where he can be found?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_2"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.2" class="v18_24_2">2</span>Sinners remove boundary markers</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_2">and take care of sheep</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_2">they have stolen.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_3"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.3" class="v18_24_3">3</span>They cheat orphans and widows</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_3">by taking their donkeys</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_3">and oxen.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_4"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.4" class="v18_24_4">4</span>The poor are trampled</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_4">and forced to hide</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_5"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.5" class="v18_24_5">5</span>in the desert,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_5">where they and their children</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_5">must live like wild donkeys</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_5">and search for food.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_6"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.6" class="v18_24_6">6</span>If they want grain or grapes,<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.24.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_6">they must go to the property</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_6">of these sinners.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_7"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.7" class="v18_24_7">7</span>They sleep naked in the cold,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_7">because they have no cover,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_8"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.8" class="v18_24_8">8</span>and during a storm</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_8">their only shelters are caves</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_8">among the rocky cliffs.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_9"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.9" class="v18_24_9">9</span>Children whose fathers have died</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_9">are taken from their mothers</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_9">as payment for a debt.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_10"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.10" class="v18_24_10">10</span>Then they are forced to work</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_10">naked in the grain fields</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_10">because they have no clothes,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_10">and they go hungry.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_11"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.11" class="v18_24_11">11</span>They crush olives to make oil</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_11">and grapes to make wine—</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_11">but still they go thirsty.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_12"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.12" class="v18_24_12">12</span>And along the city streets,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_12">the wounded and dying cry out,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_12">yet God does nothing.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Some Reject the Light</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_13"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.13" class="v18_24_13">13</span>Some rebel and refuse</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_13">to follow the light.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_14"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.14" class="v18_24_14">14</span>Soon after sunset they murder</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_14">the poor and the needy,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_14">and at night they steal.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_15"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.15" class="v18_24_15">15</span>Others wait for the dark,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_15">thinking they won't be seen</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_15">if they sleep with the wife</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_15">or husband of someone else.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_16"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.16" class="v18_24_16">16</span>Robbers hide during the day,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_16">then break in after dark</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_16">because they reject the light.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_17"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.17" class="v18_24_17">17</span>They prefer night to day,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_17">since the terrors of the night</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_17">are their friends.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Sinners Are Filthy Foam</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_18"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.18" class="v18_24_18">18</span>Those sinners are filthy foam</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_18">on the surface of the water.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_18">And so, their fields and vineyards</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_18">will fall under a curse</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_18">and won't produce.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_19"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.19" class="v18_24_19">19</span>Just as the heat of summer</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_19">swallows the snow,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_19">the world of the dead</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_19">swallows those who sin.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_20"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.20" class="v18_24_20">20</span>Forgotten here on earth,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_20">and with their power broken,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_20">they taste sweet to worms.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_21"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.21" class="v18_24_21">21</span>Sinners take advantage of widows</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_21">and other helpless women.<a href="#fn" id="link_Job.24.21!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_22"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.22" class="v18_24_22">22</span>But God's mighty strength</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_22">destroys those in power.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_22">Even if they seem successful,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_22">they are doomed to fail.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_23"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.23" class="v18_24_23">23</span>God may let them feel secure,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_23">but they are never</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_23">out of his sight.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_24"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.24" class="v18_24_24">24</span>Great for a while; gone forever!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_24">Sinners are mowed down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_24">like weeds,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_24">then they wither and die.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v18_24_25"><span class="reftext" id="Job.24.25" class="v18_24_25">25</span>If I haven't spoken the truth,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v18_24_25">then prove me wrong.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">If they want grain or grapes: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Poor people were allowed to gather what was left in the fields and vineyards after the harvest.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">24.21 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">women: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 21.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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