Job: Judgment for the Wicked 1 ULT Why are times not set by the Almighty? And{ why} do the ones knowing him not 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 ULT They remove boundary markers; they seize the flock and pasture{ it}. BSB BSB: Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.
3 ULT The donkey of the fatherless they lead away; they take in pledge the ox of the widow. BSB BSB: They drive away the donkey of the fatherless and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
4 ULT They turn the needy from the way; the poor of the land are hidden together. BSB BSB: They push the needy off the road and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5 ULT Behold,{ like} wild donkeys in the wilderness they go out in their work, searching for food; the Arabah{ is} to him bread 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 ULT They gather his fodder in the field, and the vineyard of the wicked they glean. BSB BSB: They gather fodder in the fields and glean the vineyards of the wicked.
7 ULT They lie naked all night without a garment, and there is no covering in the cold. BSB BSB: Without clothing, they spend the night naked; they have no covering against the cold.
8 ULT They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and from{ being} without shelter, they hug the rock. BSB BSB: Drenched by mountain rains, they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.
9 ULT They snatch the fatherless from the breast, and upon the poor they bind{ a pledge}. BSB BSB: The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.
10 ULT They go about naked, without clothing, and, hungry, they carry a sheaf. BSB BSB: Without clothing, they wander about naked. They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.
11 ULT Within their walls they press oil; they tread their winepresses, but they thirst. BSB BSB: They crush olives within their walls; they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.
12 ULT From the city, men groan and the soul of the wounded cries out, but God does not ascribe impropriety. BSB BSB: From the city, men groan, and the souls of the wounded cry out, yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.
13 ULT They are among the ones rebelling{ against} the light; they do not regard its ways, and they do not stay in its paths. BSB BSB: Then there are those who rebel against the light, not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.
14 ULT At light the murderer arises; he kills the poor and the needy, and he is like a thief in the night. BSB BSB: When daylight is gone, the murderer rises to kill the poor and needy; in the night he is like a thief.
15 ULT And the eye of the adulterer watches{ for} twilight, saying,‘No eye will perceive me,’ and he puts a cover{ over}{ his} face. BSB BSB: The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.
16 ULT One digs{ into} houses in the darkness; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light. BSB BSB: In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in, never to experience the light.
17 ULT For together, morning for them{ is} deep darkness, for one regards the terrors of thick darkness. BSB BSB: For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
18 ULT He{ is} swift on the face of the waters; their portion of the land is cursed; one does not turn{ to} the way of their 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 ULT Drought and heat strip away the waters of snow; Sheol,{ those who} have sinned. BSB BSB: As drought and heat consume the melting snow, so Sheol steals those who have sinned.
20 ULT The womb will forget him, the worm will dine on him, until he is not remembered and wickedness is broken like 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 ULT the one devouring the barren, who has not borne, and he does not do good{ to} the widow. BSB BSB: They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.
22 ULT But he drags away the mighty by his power; he arises and he does not believe in life. BSB BSB: Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.
23 ULT He gives him security and he is supported, but his eyes are on their ways. BSB BSB: He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
24 ULT They are exalted a little, then there is not to them; indeed, they are brought low; like all, they are gathered and, like the tops of ears of grain, they are cut off. 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 ULT And if not, then who will falsify me and make my word nothing?” BSB BSB: If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”
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