Job 24:1

AMP: “Why does the Almighty not set seasons for judgment?Why do those who know Him not see His days [for punishment of the wicked]? [Acts 1:7]

ASV: Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

BSB: “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment?Why may those who know Him never see His days?

DARBY: Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?

DRA: Times are not hid from the Almighty: but they that know him, know not his days.

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

Job 24:2

AMP: “Some remove the landmarks;They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].

ASV: There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

BSB: Men move boundary stones;they pasture stolen flocks.

DARBY: They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;

DRA: Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.

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

Job 24:3

AMP: “They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

ASV: They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow`s ox for a pledge.

BSB: They drive away the donkey of the fatherlessand take the widow’s ox in pledge.

DARBY: They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;

DRA: They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.

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

Job 24:4

AMP: “They crowd the needy off the road;The poor of the land all hide themselves.

ASV: They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

BSB: They push the needy off the roadand force all the poor of the land into hiding.

DARBY: They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.

DRA: They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.

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

Job 24:5

AMP: “Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert,The poor go to their work, diligently seeking food;As bread for their children in the desert.

ASV: 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.

BSB: Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert,the poor go to work foraging for food;the wasteland is food for their children.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread for their children.

KJV: Behold, 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.

Job 24:6

AMP: “They harvest their fodder in a field [that is not their own],And glean the vineyard of the wicked.

ASV: They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.

BSB: They gather fodder in the fieldsand glean the vineyards of the wicked.

DARBY: They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;

DRA: They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence they have oppressed.

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

Job 24:7

AMP: “They spend the night naked, without clothing,And have no covering against the cold.

ASV: They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

BSB: Without clothing, they spend the night naked;they have no covering against the cold.

DARBY: They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;

DRA: They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:

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

Job 24:8

AMP: “They are wet from the rain of the mountainsAnd cling to the rock for lack of shelter.

ASV: They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

BSB: Drenched by mountain rains,they huddle against the rocks for want of shelter.

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

DRA: Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.

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

Job 24:9

AMP: “Others snatch the fatherless [infants] from the breast [to sell or make them slaves],And against the poor they take a pledge [of clothing].

ASV: There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

BSB: The fatherless infant is snatched from the breast;the nursing child of the poor is seized for a debt.

DARBY: They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

DRA: They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.

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

Job 24:10

AMP: “They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,And they take away the sheaves [of grain] from the hungry.

ASV: [So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves.

BSB: Without clothing, they wander about naked.They carry the sheaves, but still go hungry.

DARBY: These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;

DRA: From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears of corn.

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

Job 24:11

AMP: “Within the walls [of the wicked] the poor make [olive] oil;They tread [the grapes in] the wine presses, but thirst.

ASV: They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.

BSB: They crush olives within their walls;they tread the winepresses, but go thirsty.

DARBY: They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

DRA: They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresses suffer thirst.

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

Job 24:12

AMP: “From the [populous and crowded] city men groan,And the souls of the wounded cry out for help;Yet God [seemingly] does not pay attention to the wrong [done to them].

ASV: From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly.

BSB: From the city, men groan,and the souls of the wounded cry out,yet God charges no one with wrongdoing.

DARBY: Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and God imputeth not the impiety.

DRA: Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God doth not suffer it to pass unrevenged.

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

Job 24:13

AMP: ¶“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;They do not want to know its waysNor stay in its paths.

ASV: These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof.

BSB: Then there are those who rebel against the light,not knowing its ways or staying on its paths.

DARBY: There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

DRA: They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by his paths.

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

Job 24:14

AMP: “The murderer rises at dawn;He kills the poor and the needy,And at night he becomes a thief.

ASV: The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

BSB: When daylight is gone, the murderer risesto kill the poor and needy;in the night he is like a thief.

DARBY: The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

DRA: The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the night he will be as a thief.

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

Job 24:15

AMP: “The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,Saying, ‘No eye will see me,’And he covers his face.

ASV: The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face.

BSB: The eye of the adulterer watches for twilight.Thinking, ‘No eye will see me,’ he covers his face.

DARBY: And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.

DRA: The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face.

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

Job 24:16

AMP: “In the dark they dig into [the penetrable walls of] houses;They shut themselves up by day;They do not know the light [of day].

ASV: In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

BSB: In the dark they dig through houses;by day they shut themselves in,never to experience the light.

DARBY: In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

DRA: He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they have not known the light.

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

Job 24:17

AMP: “For the morning is the same to him as the thick darkness [of midnight];For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.

ASV: For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

BSB: For to them, deep darkness is their morning;surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!

DARBY: For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.

DRA: If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if it were in light.

KJV: For 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.

Job 24:18

AMP: ¶“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;Their portion is cursed on the earth;They do not turn toward the vineyards.

ASV: 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.

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.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the way of the vineyards.

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

Job 24:19

AMP: “Drought and heat consume the snow waters;So does Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) [consume] those who have sinned.

ASV: Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned.

BSB: As drought and heat consume the melting snow,so Sheol steals those who have sinned.

DARBY: Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.

DRA: Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.

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

Job 24:20

AMP: “A mother will forget him;The worm feeds on him until he is no longer remembered.And wickedness will be broken like a tree [which cannot be restored]. [Prov 10:7]

ASV: 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.

BSB: The womb forgets them;the worm feeds on them;they are remembered no more.So injustice is broken like a tree.

DARBY: The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree,

DRA: Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pieces as an unfruitful tree.

KJV: The 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.

Job 24:21

AMP: “He preys on the barren (childless) womanAnd does no good for the widow.

ASV: He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow.

BSB: They prey on the barren and childless,and show no kindness to the widow.

DARBY: He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:

DRA: For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.

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

Job 24:22

AMP: “Yet God draws away the mighty by His power;He rises, but no one has assurance of life.

ASV: Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

BSB: Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty;though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

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

DRA: He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life.

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

Job 24:23

AMP: “God gives them security, and they are supported;And His eyes are on their ways.

ASV: [God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.

BSB: He gives them a sense of security,but His eyes are on their ways.

DARBY: [God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.

DRA: God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his ways.

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

Job 24:24

AMP: “They are exalted for a little while, and then they are gone;Moreover, they are brought low and like everything [they are] gathered up and taken out of the way;Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.

ASV: 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.

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.

DARBY: 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.

DRA: They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things, and shall be taken away, and as the tops of the ears of corn they shall be broken.

KJV: They 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.

Job 24:25

AMP: “And if this is not so, who can prove me a liarAnd make my speech worthless?”

ASV: And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?

BSB: If this is not so, then who can prove me a liarand reduce my words to nothing?”

DARBY: If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

DRA: And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God?

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

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