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Job: Why are the Wicked Unpunished
Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?
Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?
Job Says God Seems to Ignore Wrongs
“Why are times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see His days?
“Why are times not stored up by the Almighty,
And why do those who know Him not see His days?
They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
“Some remove the landmarks;
They seize and devour flocks.
They seize and devour flocks.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
“They drive away the donkeys of the orphans;
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
“They push the needy aside from the road;
The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
The poor of the land are made to hide themselves altogether.
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.
“Behold, as wild donkeys in the wilderness
They go forth seeking food in their activity,
As bread for their children in the desert.
They go forth seeking food in their activity,
As bread for their children in the desert.
They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
“They harvest their fodder in the field
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
And glean the vineyard of the wicked.
They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
“They spend the night naked, without clothing,
And have no covering against the cold.
And have no covering against the cold.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock ...
“They are wet with the mountain rains
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
And hug the rock for want of a shelter.
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
“Others snatch the orphan from the breast,
And against the poor they take a pledge.
And against the poor they take a pledge.
These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
“They cause the poor to go about naked without clothing,
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
“Within the walls they produce oil;
They tread wine presses but thirst.
They tread wine presses but thirst.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety.
“From the city men groan,
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not pay attention to folly.
And the souls of the wounded cry out;
Yet God does not pay attention to folly.
There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
“Others have been with those who rebel against the light;
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
They do not want to know its ways
Nor abide in its paths.
The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
“The murderer arises at dawn;
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.
He kills the poor and the needy,
And at night he is as a thief.
And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.
“The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he disguises his face.
Saying, ‘No eye will see me.’
And he disguises his face.
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
“In the dark they dig into houses,
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.
They shut themselves up by day;
They do not know the light.
For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
“For the morning is the same to him as thick darkness,
For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.
For he is familiar with the terrors of thick darkness.
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.
“They are insignificant on the surface of the water;
Their portion is cursed on the earth.
They do not turn toward the vineyards.
Their portion is cursed on the earth.
They do not turn toward the vineyards.
Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.
“Drought and heat consume the snow waters,
So does Sheol those who have sinned.
So does Sheol those who have sinned.
The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, --
“A mother will forget him;
The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
The worm feeds sweetly till he is no longer remembered.
And wickedness will be broken like a tree.
He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
“He wrongs the barren woman
And does no good for the widow.
And does no good for the widow.
He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
“But He drags off the valiant by His power;
He rises, but no one has assurance of life.
He rises, but no one has assurance of life.
[God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.
“He provides them with security, and they are supported;
And His eyes are on their ways.
And His eyes are on their ways.
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.
“They are exalted a little while, then they are gone;
Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.
Moreover, they are brought low and like everything gathered up;
Even like the heads of grain they are cut off.