(KJV) Job 24¹

⥃Job: Judgment for the Wicked

[1] Why, seeing² times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know³ him not see⁴ his days? [2] [Some] remove the landmarks⁵; they violently⁶ take away flocks, and feed [thereof⁷]. [3] They drive⁸ away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. [4] They turn⁹ the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide¹⁰ themselves together. [5] Behold, [as] wild asses¹¹ in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising¹² betimes for a prey: the wilderness¹³ [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children. [6] They reap¹⁴ [every one] his corn¹⁵ in the field: and they gather¹⁶ the vintage of the wicked. [7] They cause the naked¹⁷ to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering¹⁸ in the cold. [8] They are wet¹⁹ with the showers of the mountains, and embrace²⁰ the rock for want of a shelter. [9] They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.²¹ [10] They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away²² the sheaf [from] the hungry; [11] [Which] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.²³ [12] Men groan²⁴ from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded²⁵ crieth out: yet God²⁶ layeth not folly [to them]. [13] They are of those that rebel²⁷ against the light; they know²⁸ not the ways thereof, nor abide²⁹ in the paths thereof. [14] The murderer³⁰ rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night³¹ is as a thief. [15] The eye³² also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye³³ shall see me: and disguiseth [his] face³⁴. [16] In the dark³⁵ they dig through houses, [which] they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know³⁶ not the light. [17] For the morning [is] to them even as the shadow of death: if [one] know [them], [they are in] the terrors³⁷ of the shadow of death. [18] He [is] swift³⁸ as the waters; their portion³⁹ is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. [19] Drought⁴⁰ and heat consume⁴¹ the snow waters: [so doth⁴²] the grave [those which] have sinned. [20] The womb shall forget him; the worm⁴³ shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be⁴⁴ no more remembered; and wickedness⁴⁵ shall be broken as a tree. [21] He evil⁴⁶ entreateth the barren [that] beareth not: and doeth not⁴⁷ good to the widow. [22] He draweth⁴⁸ also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life⁴⁹. [23] [Though] it be given⁵⁰ him [to be] in safety, whereon⁵¹ he resteth; yet his eyes⁵² [are] upon their ways. [24] They are exalted⁵³ for a little while, but are gone⁵⁴ and brought low; they are taken out⁵⁵ of the way as all [other], and cut off⁵⁶ as the tops of the ears of corn. [25] And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make⁵⁷ me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?