American Standard Version ASV
New International Version NIV
1 Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?
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“Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?
2 There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
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There are those who move boundary stones; they pasture flocks they have stolen.
3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
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They drive away the orphan’s donkey and take the widow’s ox in pledge.
4 They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
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They thrust the needy from the path and force all the poor of the land into hiding.
5 Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness [yieldeth] them bread for their children.
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Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor go about their labor of foraging food; the wasteland provides food for their children.
6 They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
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They gather fodder in the fields and glean in the vineyards of the wicked.
7 They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
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Lacking clothes, they spend the night naked; they have nothing to cover themselves in the cold.
8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
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They are drenched by mountain rains and hug the rocks for lack of shelter.
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