Verse 23
Job 24:23
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
23
God (Elohim) hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his ways.
Original Language Text
hebrew
יִתֶּן ל֣/וֹ לָ֭/בֶטַח וְ/יִשָּׁעֵ֑ן וְ֝/עֵינֵ֗י/הוּ עַל דַּרְכֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
He will give to him safety and he will lean, and his eyes are upon their ways.
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Chapter 24 Context
1
Times are not hid from the Almighty: but they that know him, know not his days.
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Some have removed landmarks, have taken away flocks by force, and fed them.
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They have driven away the ass of the fatherless, and have taken away the widow's ox for a pledge.
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They have overturned the way of the poor, and have oppressed together the meek of the earth.
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Others like wild asses in the desert go forth to their work: by watching for a prey they get bread f...
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They reap the field that is not their own, and gather the vintage of his vineyard whom by violence t...
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They send men away naked, taking away their clothes who have no covering in the cold:
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Who are wet, with the showers of the mountains, and having no covering embrace the stones.
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They have violently robbed the fatherless, and stripped the poor common people.
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From the naked and them that go without clothing, and from the hungry they have taken away the ears...
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They have taken their rest at noon among the stores of them, who after having trodden the winepresse...
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12
Out of the cities they have made men to groan, and the soul of the wounded hath cried out, and God (...
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13
They have been rebellious to the light, they have not known his ways, neither have they returned by...
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14
The murderer riseth at the very break of day, he killeth the needy, and the poor man: but in the nig...
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15
The eye of the adulterer observeth darkness, saying: No eye shall see me: and he will cover his face...
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16
He diggeth through houses in the dark, as in the day they had appointed for themselves, and they hav...
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If the morning suddenly appear, it is to them the shadow of death: and they walk in darkness as if i...
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18
He is light upon the face of the water: cursed be his portion on the earth, let him not walk by the...
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19
Let him pass from the snow waters to excessive heat, and his sin even to hell.
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20
Let mercy forget him: may worms be his sweetness: let him be remembered no more, but be broken in pi...
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21
For he hath fed the barren that beareth not, and to the widow he hath done no good.
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22
He hath pulled down the strong by his might: and when he standeth up, he shall not trust to his life...
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God (Elohim) hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon h...
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They are lifted up for a little while and shall not stand, and shall be brought down as all things,...
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And if it be not so, who can convince me that I have lied, and set my words before God (Elohim)?
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