Verse 8
Job 24:8
Bible in Basic English
8
They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִ/זֶּ֣רֶם הָרִ֣ים יִרְטָ֑בוּ וּֽ/מִ/בְּלִ֥י מַ֝חְסֶ֗ה חִבְּקוּ צֽוּר
English Translation
From the stream of mountains they will be wet, and without shelter they embraced the rock.
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Chapter 24 Context
1
Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see...
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2
The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
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3
They send away the ass of him who has no father, they take the widow's ox for debt.
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4
The crushed are turned out of the way; all the poor of the earth go into a secret place together.
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5
Like asses in the waste land they go out to their work, looking for food with care; from the waste l...
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6
They get mixed grain from the field, and they take away the late fruit from the vines of those who h...
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7
They take their rest at night without clothing, and have no cover in the cold.
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8
They are wet with the rain of the mountains, and get into the cracks of the rock for cover.
9
The child without a father is forced from its mother's breast, and they take the young children of t...
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10
Others go about without clothing, and though they have no food, they get in the grain from the field...
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11
Between the lines of olive-trees they make oil; though they have no drink, they are crushing out the...
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12
From the town come sounds of pain from those who are near death, and the soul of the wounded is cryi...
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13
Then there are those who are haters of the light, who have no knowledge of its ways, and do not go i...
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14
He who is purposing death gets up before day, so that he may put to death the poor and those in need...
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15
And the man whose desire is for the wife of another is waiting for the evening, saying, No eye will...
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16
In the dark he makes holes in the walls of houses: in the daytime they are shutting themselves up, t...
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17
For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.
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18
They go quickly on the face of the waters; their heritage is cursed in the earth; the steps of the c...
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19
Snow waters become dry with the heat: so do sinners go down into the underworld.
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20
The public place of his town has no more knowledge of him, and his name has gone from the memory of...
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21
He is not kind to the widow, and he has no pity for her child.
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22
But God (Elohim) by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope...
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23
He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.
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24
For a short time they are lifted up; then they are gone; they are made low, they are pulled off like...
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25
And if it is not so, now, who will make it clear that my words are false, and that what I say is of...
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