Job: Judgment for the Wicked 1 DBY Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days? BSB BSB: “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
2 DBY They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them; BSB BSB: Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
3 DBY They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge; BSB BSB: They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
4 DBY They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves. BSB BSB: They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5 DBY Lo, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children. BSB BSB: Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go to work foraging for food; the wasteland is food for their children.
6 DBY They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked; BSB BSB: They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
7 DBY They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold; BSB BSB: Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
8 DBY They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock... BSB BSB: Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
9 DBY They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor: BSB BSB: The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
10 DBY These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf; BSB BSB: Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
11 DBY They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. BSB BSB: They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
12 DBY Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and God imputeth not the impiety. BSB BSB: From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
13 DBY There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. BSB BSB: Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
14 DBY The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief. BSB BSB: When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
15 DBY And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on his face. BSB BSB: The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
16 DBY In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light: BSB BSB: In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
17 DBY For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death. BSB BSB: For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
18 DBY He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards. BSB BSB: They are but foam on the surface of the water; their portion of the land is cursed, so that no one turns toward their vineyards.
19 DBY Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned. BSB BSB: As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
20 DBY The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, — BSB BSB: The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is broken like a tree.
21 DBY He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow: BSB BSB: They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
22 DBY He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. BSB BSB: Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
23 DBY God setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.BSB BSB: He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
24 DBY They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all other are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. BSB BSB: They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.
25 DBY If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? BSB BSB: If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
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