Job 24 (Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha)  View In My Bible
1 "Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why
do those who know him never see his days? 2 Men remove
landmarks; they seize flocks and pasture them. 3 They drive away
the ass of the fatherless; they take the widow's ox for a
pledge. 4 They thrust the poor off the road; the poor of the
earth all hide themselves. 5 Behold, like wild asses in the
desert they go forth to their toil, seeking prey in the
wilderness as food for their children. 6 They gather their
fodder in the field and they glean the vineyard of the wicked
man. 7 They lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no
covering in the cold. 8 They are wet with the rain of the
mountains, and cling to the rock for want of shelter. 9 (There
are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and
take in pledge the infant of the poor.) 10 They go about naked,
without clothing; hungry, they carry the sheaves; 11 among the
olive rows of the wicked they make oil; they t