{"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/dbt/job/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T01:12:58.799Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":24,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":23,"nextChapter":25,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture 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 afflicted of the land all hide themselves."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Lo, as wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness yieldeth them food for their children."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock ..."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"There are those 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, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on his face."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, —"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no man is sure of life."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"God setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all other are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 24 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 24](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/24)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/24 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}