{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/job/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T18:50:44.004Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":24,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":23,"nextChapter":25,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Behold, as wild asses in the desert They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"So that they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth: They turn not into the way of the vineyards."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Drought and heat consume the snow waters:'so doth'sheol those that have sinned."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The womb shall forget him; The worm shall feed sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 24 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 24](https://primebible.com/asv/job/24)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/24 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}