Verse 17
Job 24:17
Bible in Basic English
17
For the middle of the night is as morning to them, they are not troubled by the fear of the dark.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֤י יַחְדָּ֨ו בֹּ֣קֶר לָ֣/מוֹ צַלְמָ֑וֶת כִּֽי יַ֝כִּ֗יר בַּלְה֥וֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת
English Translation
For together in the morning, to death; for He will recognize in the shadows of death.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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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.
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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.
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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