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class="poem">They steal a flock and provide pasture for it.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.24.3.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and take the widow’s ox as collateral.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They push the needy off the road;</p><p class="poem">the poor of the land are forced into hiding.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.24.4.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Like wild donkeys in the wilderness,</p><p class="poem">the poor go out to their task of foraging for food;</p><p class="poem">the desert provides nourishment for their children.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They gather their fodder in the field</p><p class="poem">and glean the vineyards of the wicked.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Without clothing, they spend the night naked,</p><p class="poem">having no covering against the cold.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.24.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Drenched by mountain rains,</p><p class="poem">they huddle against<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.24.8.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the rocks, shelterless.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;</p><p class="poem">the nursing child of the poor is seized as collateral.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.24.9.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Without clothing, they wander about naked.</p><p class="poem">They carry sheaves but go hungry.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.24.10.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They crush olives in their presses;<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.24.11.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>From the city, men<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.24.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> groan;</p><p class="poem">the mortally wounded cry for help,</p><p class="poem">yet God pays no attention to this crime.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.24.12.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The wicked are those who rebel against the light.</p><p class="poem">They do not recognize its ways</p><p class="poem">or stay on its paths.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The murderer rises at dawn</p><p class="poem">to kill the poor and needy,</p><p class="poem">and by night he becomes a thief.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,</p><p class="poem">thinking, “No eye will see me,”</p><p class="poem">and he covers his face.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In the dark they break<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.24.16.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> into houses;</p><p class="poem">by day they lock themselves in,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.24.16.2"><span class="fnAlphabet">B</span></a></p><p class="poem">never experiencing the light.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the morning is like darkness to them.</p><p class="poem">Surely they are familiar with the terrors of darkness!</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>They float<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.24.18.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> on the surface of the water.</p><p class="poem">Their section of the land is cursed,</p><p class="poem">so that they never go to their vineyards.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>As dry ground and heat snatch away the melted snow,</p><p class="poem">so Sheol<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.24.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> steals those who have sinned.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The womb forgets them;</p><p class="poem">worms feed on them;</p><p class="poem">they are remembered<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.24.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> no more.</p><p class="poem">So injustice is broken like a tree.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.21" /> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>They prey on<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.24.21.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the childless woman who is unable to conceive,</p><p class="poem">and do not deal kindly with the widow.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.22" /> <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Yet God drags away<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.24.22.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> the mighty by his power;</p><p class="poem">when he rises up, they have no assurance of life.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.23" /> <A name="24"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.24.23.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">but his eyes<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.24.23.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> watch over their ways.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.24" /> <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They are exalted for a moment, then gone;</p><p class="poem">they are brought low and shrivel up like everything else.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.24.24.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem">They wither like heads of grain.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.24.24.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.24.25" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.24.25.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and show that my speech is worthless?</p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.24" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.24.8.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.8">24:8</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">they embrace</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.24.9.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.9">24:9</a></span> Text emended; MT reads <span class="italic">breast; they seize collateral against the poor</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.24.11.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.11">24:11</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">olives between their rows</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.24.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.12">24:12</a></span> One Hb ms, Syr read <span class="italic">the dying</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.24.16.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.16">24:16</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">dig</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.24.16.2"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.16">24:16</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">they seal for themselves</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.24.18.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.18">24:18</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">are insignificant</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.24.21.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.21">24:21</a></span> LXX, Tg read <span class="italic">They harm</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.24.22.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.22">24:22</a></span> Or <span class="italic">God prolongs the life of</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.24.24.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.24">24:24</a></span> LXX reads <span class="italic">like a mallow plant in the heat</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.24" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.24.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.1">24:1</a></span> Ec 9:12; Is 2:12; Ac 1:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.24.3.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.3">24:3</a></span> Dt 27:19; Jb 22:9; 31:21</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.24.4.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.4">24:4</a></span> Jdg 5:6; Pr 28:28; Am 2:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.24.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.7">24:7</a></span> Ex 22:26–27; Dt 24:12–13; Jb 22:6</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.24.10.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.10">24:10</a></span> Dt 24:19; 2Tm 2:6; Jms 5:4</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.24.12.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.12">24:12</a></span> Jb 1:22; Ps 69:26</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.24.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.19">24:19</a></span> Jb 7:9; Ps 9:17; Pr 27:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.24.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.20">24:20</a></span> Jb 18:17; Pr 10:7; Jr 11:19</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.24.23.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.23">24:23</a></span> Jb 11:18; Ps 4:8; Pr 3:24</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.24.23.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.23">24:23</a></span> Ps 11:4; Pr 15:3; Jr 16:17</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.24.24.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.24">24:24</a></span> Jb 14:21; Ps 37:10; 106:43</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.24.25.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.24.25">24:25</a></span> Jb 6:28; 27:4; 34:6</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.24" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div 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