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“Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty,
and why do those who know him never see his days?
and why do those who know him never see his days?
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?
Some move landmarks;
they seize flocks and pasture them.
they seize flocks and pasture them.
They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless;
they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
They thrust the poor off the road;
the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
the poor of the earth all hide themselves.
They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
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.
They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
They lie all night naked, without clothing,
and have no covering in the cold.
and have no covering in the cold.
They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
They are wet with the rain of the mountains
and cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
and cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock ...
(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast,
and they take a pledge against the poor.)
and they take a pledge against the poor.)
They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
They go about naked, without clothing;
hungry, they carry the sheaves;
hungry, they carry the sheaves;
These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety.
“There are those who rebel against the light,
who are not acquainted with its ways,
and do not stay in its paths.
who are not acquainted with its ways,
and do not stay in its paths.
There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
The murderer rises before it is light,
that he may kill the poor and needy,
and in the night he is like a thief.
that he may kill the poor and needy,
and in the night he is like a thief.
The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
The eye of the adulterer also waits for the twilight,
saying, ‘No eye will see me’;
and he veils his face.
saying, ‘No eye will see me’;
and he veils his face.
And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.
In the dark they dig through houses;
by day they shut themselves up;
they do not know the light.
by day they shut themselves up;
they do not know the light.
In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
For deep darkness is morning to all of them;
for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
“You say, ‘Swift are they on the face of the waters;
their portion is cursed in the land;
no treader turns toward their vineyards.
their portion is cursed in the land;
no treader turns toward their vineyards.
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.
Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters;
so does Sheol those who have sinned.
so does Sheol those who have sinned.
Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.
The womb forgets them;
the worm finds them sweet;
they are no longer remembered,
so wickedness is broken like a tree.’
the worm finds them sweet;
they are no longer remembered,
so wickedness is broken like a tree.’
The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, --
“They wrong the barren, childless woman,
and do no good to the widow.
and do no good to the widow.
He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
He gives them security, and they are supported,
and his eyes are upon their ways.
and his eyes are upon their ways.
[God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.
They are exalted a little while, and then are gone;
they are brought low and gathered up like all others;
they are cut off like the heads of grain.
they are brought low and gathered up like all others;
they are cut off like the heads of grain.
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.