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Job 24

Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE

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

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

3 They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow’s ox for a pledge.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

12 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.

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

14 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.

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

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

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

18 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.

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

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

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

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

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

24 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.

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

The Message Bible MSG

1 "But if Judgment Day isn't hidden from the Almighty, why are we kept in the dark?

2 There are people out there getting by with murder - stealing and lying and cheating.

3 They rip off the poor and exploit the unfortunate,

4 Push the helpless into the ditch, bully the weak so that they fear for their lives.

5 The poor, like stray dogs and cats, scavenge for food in back alleys.

6 They sort through the garbage of the rich, eke out survival on handouts.

7 Homeless, they shiver through cold nights on the street; they've no place to lay their heads.

8 Exposed to the weather, wet and frozen, they huddle in makeshift shelters.

9 Nursing mothers have their babies snatched from them; the infants of the poor are kidnapped and sold.

10 They go about patched and threadbare; even the hard workers go hungry.

11 No matter how back-breaking their labor, they can never make ends meet.

12 People are dying right and left, groaning in torment. The wretched cry out for help and God does nothing, acts like nothing's wrong!

13 "Then there are those who avoid light at all costs, who scorn the light-filled path.

14 When the sun goes down, the murderer gets up - kills the poor and robs the defenseless.

15 Sexual predators can't wait for nightfall, thinking, 'No one can see us now.'

16 Burglars do their work at night, but keep well out of sight through the day. They want nothing to do with light.

17 Deep darkness is morning for that bunch; they make the terrors of darkness their companions in crime.

18 "They are scraps of wood floating on the water - useless, cursed junk, good for nothing.

19 As surely as snow melts under the hot, summer sun, sinners disappear in the grave.

20 The womb has forgotten them, worms have relished them - nothing that is evil lasts.

21 Unscrupulous, they prey on those less fortunate.

22 However much they strut and flex their muscles, there's nothing to them. They're hollow.

23 They may have an illusion of security, but God has his eye on them.

24 They may get their brief successes, but then it's over, nothing to show for it. Like yesterday's newspaper, they're used to wrap up the garbage.

25 You're free to try to prove me a liar, but you won't be able to do it."