Job 24 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Job 25

¹Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

KJVThen answered^H6030^(H8799) Bildad^H1085 the Shuhite^H7747, and said^H559^(H8799),

² “Dominion and fear are with him. He makes peace in his high places.

KJVDominion^H4910^(H8687) and fear^H6343 are with him, he maketh^H6213^(H8802) peace^H7965 in his high places^H4791.

³ Can his armies be counted? On whom does his light not arise?

KJVIs there^H3426 any number^H4557 of his armies^H1416? and upon whom doth not his light^H216 arise^H6965^(H8799)?

⁴ How then can man be just with God? Or how can he who is born of a woman be clean?

KJVHow then can man^H582 be justified^H6663^(H8799) with God^H410? or how can he be clean^H2135^(H8799) that is born^H3205^(H8803) of a woman^H802?

⁵ Behold, even the moon has no brightness, and the stars are not pure in his sight;

KJVBehold even to the moon^H3394, and it shineth^H166^(H8686) not; yea, the stars^H3556 are not pure^H2141^(H8804) in his sight^H5869.

⁶ How much less man, who is a worm, and the son of man, who is a worm!”

KJVHow much less man^H582, that is a worm^H7415? and the son^H1121 of man^H120, which is a worm^H8438?

WEB·Job 24

¹“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

KJVWhy, seeing times^H6256 are not hidden^H6845^(H8738) from the Almighty^H7706, do they that know^H3045^(H8802) him not see^H2372^(H8804) his days^H3117?

² There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

KJVSome remove^H5381^(H8686) the landmarks^H1367; they violently take away^H1497^(H8804) flocks^H5739, and feed^H7462^(H8799) thereof.

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

KJVThey drive away^H5090^(H8799) the ass^H2543 of the fatherless^H3490, they take^H2254 the widow's^H490 ox^H7794 for a pledge^H2254^(H8799).

⁴ They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.

KJVThey turn^H5186^(H8686) the needy^H34 out of the way^H1870: the poor^H6041^(H8675)^H6035 of the earth^H776 hide^H2244^(H8795) themselves together^H3162.

⁵ Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.

KJVBehold, as wild asses^H6501 in the desert^H4057, go they forth^H3318^(H8804) to their work^H6467; rising betimes^H7836^(H8764) for a prey^H2964: the wilderness^H6160 yieldeth food^H3899 for them and for their children^H5288.

⁶ They cut their food in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.

KJVThey reap^H7114^(H8799)^(H8675)^H7114^(H8686) every one his corn^H1098 in the field^H7704: and they gather^H3953^(H8762) the vintage^H3754 of the wicked^H7563.

⁷ They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.

KJVThey cause the naked^H6174 to lodge^H3885^(H8686) without clothing^H3830, that they have no covering^H3682 in the cold^H7135.

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

KJVThey are wet^H7372^(H8799) with the showers^H2230 of the mountains^H2022, and embrace^H2263^(H8765) the rock^H6697 for want of a shelter^H4268.

⁹ There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,

KJVThey pluck^H1497^(H8799) the fatherless^H3490 from the breast^H7699, and take a pledge^H2254^(H8799) of the poor^H6041.

¹⁰ so that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.

KJVThey cause him to go^H1980^(H8765) naked^H6174 without clothing^H3830, and they take away^H5375^(H8804) the sheaf^H6016 from the hungry^H7457;

¹¹ They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.

KJVWhich make oil^H6671^(H8686) within^H996 their walls^H7791, and tread^H1869^(H8804) their winepresses^H3342, and suffer thirst^H6770^(H8799).

¹² From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.

KJVMen^H4962 groan^H5008^(H8799) from out of the city^H5892, and the soul^H5315 of the wounded^H2491 crieth out^H7768^(H8762): yet God^H433 layeth^H7760^(H8799) not folly^H8604 to them.

¹³ “These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.

KJVThey are of those that rebel^H4775^(H8802) against the light^H216; they know^H5234^(H8689) not the ways^H1870 thereof, nor abide^H3427^(H8804) in the paths^H5410 thereof.

¹⁴ The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.

KJVThe murderer^H7523^(H8802) rising^H6965^(H8799) with the light^H216 killeth^H6991^(H8799) the poor^H6041 and needy^H34, and in the night^H3915 is as a thief^H1590.

¹⁵ The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.

KJVThe eye^H5869 also of the adulterer^H5003^(H8802) waiteth^H8104^(H8804) for the twilight^H5399, saying^H559^(H8800), No eye^H5869 shall see^H7789^(H8799) me: and disguiseth^H5643^H7760^(H8799) his face^H6440.

¹⁶ In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.

KJVIn the dark^H2822 they dig through^H2864^(H8804) houses^H1004, which they had marked^H2856^(H8765) for themselves in the daytime^H3119: they know^H3045^(H8804) not the light^H216.

¹⁷ For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.

KJVFor the morning^H1242 is to them even as^H3162 the shadow of death^H6757: if one know^H5234^(H8686) them, they are in the terrors^H1091 of the shadow of death^H6757.

¹⁸ “They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed on the earth. They don’t turn into the way of the vineyards.

KJVHe is swift^H7031 as the waters^H6440^H4325; their portion^H2513 is cursed^H7043^(H8792) in the earth^H776: he beholdeth^H6437^(H8799) not the way^H1870 of the vineyards^H3754.

¹⁹ Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.

KJVDrought^H6723 and heat^H2527 consume^H1497^(H8799) the snow^H7950 waters^H4325: so doth the grave^H7585 those which have sinned^H2398^(H8804).

²⁰ The womb will forget him. The worm will feed sweetly on him. He will be no more remembered. Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree.

KJVThe womb^H7358 shall forget^H7911^(H8799) him; the worm^H7415 shall feed sweetly^H4988^(H8804) on him; he shall be no more remembered^H2142^(H8735); and wickedness^H5766 shall be broken^H7665^(H8735) as a tree^H6086.

²¹ He devours the barren who don’t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.

KJVHe evil entreateth^H7462^(H8802) the barren^H6135 that beareth^H3205^(H8799) not: and doeth not good^H3190^(H8686) to the widow^H490.

²² Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.

KJVHe draweth^H4900^(H8804) also the mighty^H47 with his power^H3581: he riseth up^H6965^(H8799), and no man is sure^H539^(H8686) of life^H2416.

²³ God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.

KJVThough it be given^H5414^(H8799) him to be in safety^H983, whereon he resteth^H8172^(H8735); yet his eyes^H5869 are upon their ways^H1870.

²⁴ They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, 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.

KJVThey are exalted^H7426^(H8804) for a little while^H4592, but are gone and brought low^H4355^(H8717); they are taken out^H7092^(H8735) of the way^H1870 as all other, and cut off^H5243^(H8799) as the tops^H7218 of the ears of corn^H7641.

²⁵ If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”

KJVAnd if it be not so now^H645, who will make^H7760^(H8799) me a liar^H3576^(H8686), and make^H7760^(H8799) my speech^H4405 nothing worth^H408?

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