Job 24 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Job Says God Seems to Ignore Wrongs

Job 24:1

Job 24:1Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

Job 24:2

Job 24:2The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.

Job 24:3

Job 24:3The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,

Job 24:4

Job 24:4They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.

Job 24:5

Job 24:5Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones.

Job 24:6

Job 24:6In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.

Job 24:7

Job 24:7The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.

Job 24:8

Job 24:8From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock.

Job 24:9

Job 24:9They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.

Job 24:10

Job 24:10Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry -- have taken away a sheaf.

Job 24:11

Job 24:11Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.

Job 24:12

Job 24:12Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.

Job 24:13

Job 24:13They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.

Job 24:14

Job 24:14At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.

Job 24:15

Job 24:15And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.

Job 24:16

Job 24:16He hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.

Job 24:17

Job 24:17When together, morning is to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.

Job 24:18

Job 24:18Light he is on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.

Job 24:19

Job 24:19Drought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned.

Job 24:20

Job 24:20Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.

Job 24:21

Job 24:21Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good,

Job 24:22

Job 24:22And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.

Job 24:23

Job 24:23He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes are on their ways.

Job 24:24

Job 24:24High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

Job 24:25

Job 24:25And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Job 24 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Job Says God Seems to Ignore Wrongs

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