# Job 24 ## Job: Judgment for the Wicked - 1 “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? - Why may those who know Him never see His days? - 2 Men move boundary stones; - they pasture stolen flocks. - 3 They drive away the donkey of the fatherless - and take the widow’s ox in pledge. - 4 They push the needy off the road - and force all the poor of the land into hiding. - 5 Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, - the poor go to work foraging for food; - the wasteland is food for their children. - 6 They gather fodder in the fields - and glean the vineyards of the wicked. - 7 Without [[H3830|clothing]], they spend the night [[H6174|naked]]; - they have no [[H3682|covering]] against the cold. - 8 Drenched by mountain rains, - they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter. - 9 The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast; - the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt. - 10 Without clothing, they wander about naked. - They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry. - 11 They crush olives within their walls; - they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty. - 12 From the city, men groan, - and the souls of the wounded cry out, - yet God charges no one with wrongdoing. - 13 Then there are those who rebel against the light, - not knowing its ways or staying on its paths. - 14 When daylight is gone, the murderer rises - to kill the poor and needy; - in the night he is like a thief. - 15 The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight. - Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face. - 16 In the dark they dig through houses; - by day they shut themselves in, - never to experience the light. - 17 For to them, deep darkness is their morning; - surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness! - 18 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 As drought and heat consume the melting snow, - so Sheol steals those who have sinned. - 20 The womb forgets them; - the worm feeds on them; - they are remembered no more. - So injustice is like a broken tree. - 21 They prey on the barren and childless, - and show no kindness to the widow. - 22 Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; - though rising up, they have no assurance of life. - 23 He gives them a sense of security, - but His eyes are on their ways. - 24 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 If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar - and reduce my words to nothing?” --- - Previous chapter: [[Job_23]] - Next chapter: [[Job_25]] - TOC: [[TOC_Job]] --- The Holy Bible, Berean Standard Bible (https://bereanbible.com), BSB is produced in cooperation with Bible Hub (https://biblehub.com), Discovery Bible (https://discoverybible.com), OpenBible.com (https://openbible.com), and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0). ---