Job 24

1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

מַדּוּעַ מִשַּׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנוּ עִתִּים [וְיֹדְעֹו כ] (וְיֹדְעָיו ק) לֹא־חָזוּ יָמָיו׃ (1741)

2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.

גְּבֻלֹות יַשִּׂיגוּ עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעוּ׃ (1382)

See also: Deuteronomy 19:14, Deuteronomy 27:17, Proverbs 23:10, Proverbs 22:28, Proverbs 1:13, Hosea 5:10, Leviticus 6:4, Job 1:15, Job 1:17, Job 5:5, Job 20:19, Isaiah 3:14, Isaiah 32:6, Ezekiel 45:9, Micah 2:2

3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

חֲמֹור יְתֹומִים יִנְהָגוּ יַחְבְּלוּ שֹׁור אַלְמָנָה׃ (1522)

See also: Deuteronomy 24:6, Job 22:6, Job 22:9, Job 6:27, Exodus 22:26, Deuteronomy 24:10-13, Deuteronomy 24:17-21, 1 Samuel 12:3, Job 24:21, Job 31:16-17, Ezekiel 18:7, Ezekiel 33:15

4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.

יַטּוּ אֶבְיֹונִים מִדָּרֶךְ יַחַד חֻבְּאוּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָרֶץ׃ (878)

5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.

הֵן פְּרָאִים ׀ בַּמִּדְבָּר יָצְאוּ בְּפָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּרֶף עֲרָבָה לֹו לֶחֶם לַנְּעָרִים׃ (2631)

See also: Job 39:5, Job 5:5, Job 30:3, Job 39:6, Psalms 104:23, Micah 2:1, Genesis 16:12, Genesis 27:40, Job 12:6, Job 24:14, Proverbs 4:16, Proverbs 4:17, Jeremiah 2:24, Hosea 7:6, Hosea 8:9, Zephaniah 3:3, John 18:28, Acts 23:12

6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.

בַּשָּׂדֶה בְּלִילֹו [יַקְצִירוּ כ] (יִקְצֹורוּ ק) וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּשׁוּ׃ (2619)

See also: Micah 6:15, Deuteronomy 28:33, Deuteronomy 28:51, Judges 6:3-6, Job 31:8

7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.

עָרֹום יָלִינוּ מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת בַּקָּרָה׃ (1702)

See also: Exodus 22:26-27, Job 22:6, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Deuteronomy 24:11-13, Genesis 31:40, Deuteronomy 24:13, Job 24:10, Job 31:19-20, Proverbs 25:20, Proverbs 31:21, Isaiah 58:7, Acts 9:31

8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

מִזֶּרֶם הָרִים יִרְטָבוּ וּמִבְּלִי מַחְסֶה חִבְּקוּ־צוּר׃ (1382)

See also: Lamentations 4:5, Psalms 109:10, Song of Solomon 5:2, Hebrews 11:38

9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.

יִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתֹום וְעַל־עָנִי יַחְבֹּלוּ׃ (1148)

See also: Nehemiah 5:5, Job 6:27, Job 22:6, Isaiah 3:14, 2 Kings 4:1, Job 31:21, Jeremiah 22:3, Ezekiel 18:7, Ezekiel 33:15, Exodus 22:26, Proverbs 23:10

10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;

עָרֹום הִלְּכוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וּרְעֵבִים נָשְׂאוּ עֹמֶר׃ (1752)

See also: Deuteronomy 24:14, James 5:4, Amos 2:7-8, Deuteronomy 24:19, Job 24:7, Amos 5:11-12, Jeremiah 22:13, Ephesians 6:9

11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

בֵּין־שׁוּרֹתָם יַצְהִירוּ יְקָבִים דָּרְכוּ וַיִּצְמָאוּ׃ (1874)

See also: Jeremiah 22:13, James 5:4, Deuteronomy 25:4, Isaiah 16:10, Colossians 4:1

12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.

מֵעִיר מְתִים ׀ יִנְאָקוּ וְנֶפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִים תְּשַׁוֵּעַ וֶאֱלֹוהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂים תִּפְלָה׃ (3261)

13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

הֵמָּה ׀ הָיוּ בְּמֹרְדֵי־אֹור לֹא־הִכִּירוּ דְרָכָיו וְלֹא יָשְׁבוּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָיו׃ (2281)

14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

לָאֹור יָקוּם רֹוצֵחַ יִקְטָל־עָנִי וְאֶבְיֹון וּבַלַּיְלָה יְהִי כַגַּנָּב׃ (1234)

See also: Romans 13:12, Psalms 17:3, Psalms 91:5, Job 24:4, Psalms 10:8-10, Micah 2:1-2, Luke 12:3, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, Revelation 3:3, Exodus 22:2, Judges 9:32, 2 Samuel 3:34, 2 Samuel 11:14-17, 2 Samuel 15:2, Job 17:12, Job 24:5, Luke 12:39, Ephesians 5:7-11

15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.

וְעֵין נֹאֵף ׀ שָׁמְרָה נֶשֶׁף לֵאמֹר לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עָיִן וְסֵתֶר פָּנִים יָשִׂים׃ (3846)

See also: Psalms 10:11, Proverbs 7:9-10, Job 31:9, Psalms 94:7, Proverbs 6:32-35, Ezekiel 8:12, Ezekiel 9:9, Genesis 38:14-15, Genesis 39:11, Exodus 20:14, 2 Samuel 11:4-13, 2 Samuel 12:12, 2 Chronicles 18:29, Job 22:13-14, Psalms 50:18, Psalms 73:11

16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.

חָתַר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ בָּתִּים יֹומָם חִתְּמוּ־לָמֹו לֹא־יָדְעוּ אֹור׃ (2344)

See also: John 3:20, Ephesians 5:11-13, Exodus 22:2-3, Job 24:13, Job 38:12-13, Ezekiel 12:5-7, Ezekiel 12:12, Matthew 6:19, Matthew 24:43

17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.

כִּי יַחְדָּו ׀ בֹּקֶר לָמֹו צַלְמָוֶת כִּי־יַכִּיר בַּלְהֹות צַלְמָוֶת׃ (2281)

See also: Psalms 23:4, Hebrews 2:15, Job 3:5, Job 12:22, Job 18:14, Job 34:22, Psalms 73:18-19, Jeremiah 2:26, Ezekiel 12:6, 2 Corinthians 5:10-11, Revelation 6:16-17

18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.

קַל־הוּא ׀ עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם בָּאָרֶץ לֹא־יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִים׃ (2613)

See also: Job 5:3, Deuteronomy 28:16-20, Job 9:26, Job 22:16, Psalms 58:7, Psalms 69:22, Psalms 73:18-20, Proverbs 3:33, Isaiah 23:10, Malachi 2:2

19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.

צִיָּה גַם־חֹם יִגְזְלוּ מֵימֵי־שֶׁלֶג שְׁאֹול חָטָאוּ׃ (1046)

See also: Psalms 49:14, Job 21:13, Proverbs 14:32, Luke 16:22, Job 6:17, Psalms 68:2, Ecclesiastes 9:4-6, Isaiah 14:11, Luke 12:20, Job 6:15-17, Job 21:23, Job 21:32-34, Psalms 58:8-9

20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.

יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם ׀ מְתָקֹו רִמָּה עֹוד לֹא־יִזָּכֵר וַתִּשָּׁבֵר כָּעֵץ עַוְלָה׃ (2935)

See also: Job 19:10, Proverbs 10:7, Daniel 4:14, Job 18:16-17, Psalms 73:4, Job 7:5, Job 14:7-10, Job 17:14, Job 19:26, Job 21:26, Ecclesiastes 8:10, Isaiah 26:14, Matthew 3:10

21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.

רֹעֶה עֲקָרָה לֹא תֵלֵד וְאַלְמָנָה לֹא יְיֵטִיב׃ (1319)

See also: 1 Samuel 1:6, Job 22:9, Job 29:13, Job 24:3, Job 31:16-18, Ecclesiastes 8:14

22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

וּמָשַׁךְ אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחֹו יָקוּם וְלֹא־יַאֲמִין בַּחַיִּין׃ (1049)

See also: Daniel 6:4-9, Esther 3:8-10, Job 12:19, John 19:12-16, Revelation 16:13-14, Revelation 17:2

23Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

יִתֶּן־לֹו לָבֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵן וְעֵינֵיהוּ עַל־דַּרְכֵיהֶם׃ (1517)

24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.

רֹומּוּ מְּעַט ׀ וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְהֻמְּכוּ כַּכֹּל יִקָּפְצוּן וּכְרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּלֶת יִמָּלוּ׃ (2322)

See also: Psalms 37:10, Psalms 90:10, Job 27:19, Psalms 37:35-36, Psalms 92:7, Isaiah 37:36, James 1:11, James 5:1-3, Job 8:22, Job 14:21, Job 20:5, Job 21:33, Psalms 73:19, Isaiah 17:5-6, Revelation 14:14-20

25And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

וְאִם־לֹא אֵפֹו מִי יַכְזִיבֵנִי וְיָשֵׂם לְאַל מִלָּתִי׃ (1221)

See also: Job 9:24, Job 6:28, Job 11:2-3, Job 27:4, Job 32:3, Job 6:25, Job 11:3, Job 15:2, Job 38:2, 2 Corinthians 12:6, 1 John 1:10, 1 John 5:10