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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 ASV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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" src="../topmenuchap/job/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ASV</a> > Job 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../job/23.htm" title="Job 23">◄</a> Job 24 <a href="../job/25.htm" title="Job 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">American Standard Version</div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">Job: Why are the Wicked Unpunished</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>So that they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Drought and heat consume the snow waters:'so doth'sheol those that have sinned.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/24-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">American Standard Version, 1901<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><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><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/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 src="//biblemenus.com/adframe120.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /><iframe src="//biblemenus.com/adframebhsh.htm" width="122" height="250" scrolling="no" 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({}); 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