Verse 6
Job 24:6
Free Bible Version
6
They are forced to find what they can in other people's fields, to glean among the vineyards of the wicked.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בַּ֭/שָּׂדֶה בְּלִיל֣/וֹ יקצירו יִקְצ֑וֹרוּ וְ/כֶ֖רֶם רָשָׁ֣ע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ
English Translation
In the field at night, they will harvest; in the vineyard of the wicked, they will gather.
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Chapter 24 Context
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“Why doesn't the Almighty set a definite time to punish the wicked? Why do those who follow him neve...
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The wicked move boundary stones; they seize other people's flocks and move them to their own pasture...
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3
They steal the orphan's donkey; they take the widow's ox as security for a debt.
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4
They push the poor out of their way; the destitute are forced to hide from them.
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5
Like wild donkeys in the desert, the poor have to scavenge for their food, looking for anything to f...
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6
They are forced to find what they can in other people's fields, to glean among the vineyards of the...
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They spend the night naked because they have no clothes; they have nothing to cover themselves again...
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8
They are soaked by the cold mountain storms, and huddle beside the rocks for shelter.
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9
Fatherless children are snatched from their mother's breasts, taking the babies of the poor as secur...
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10
Because they have no clothes to wear they have to go naked, harvesting sheaves of grain while they t...
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11
In the olive groves they work to produce oil, but do not taste it; they tread the winepress, but are...
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12
In the city the dying groan, and the wounded cry for help, but God (Elohim) ignores their prayers.
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13
These are people who rebel against the light. They do not want to know its ways, or to stay on its p...
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14
The murderer gets up at dawn to kill the poor and needy, and when night falls he becomes a thief.
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15
The adulterer waits for dusk, saying to himself, ‘No one will see me now,’ and he covers his face.
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16
Thieves break into houses during the night and they sleep during the day. They don't even know what...
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17
Total darkness is like light to them, for they are familiar with the night.
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18
Like bubbles on the surface of a river they are quickly carried away. The land they own is cursed by...
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19
Just as heat and drought dry up snowmelt, so Sheol takes away those who have sinned.
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20
Even their mothers forget them, maggots feast on them, they are no longer remembered, and their wick...
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21
God (Elohim) prolongs the life of the wicked by his power; but when they arise, they have no assuran...
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22
He supports them and gives them security, but he is always watching what they're doing.
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23
Though they may be illustrious for a while, soon they are gone. They are brought down like all other...
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24
If this isn't so, who can prove I'm a liar and there's nothing to what I say?”
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