{"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/ylt/job/24","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:55:02.408Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":24,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":23,"nextChapter":25,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself — food for young ones."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge — have embraced a rock."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry — have taken away a sheaf."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, 'No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"He hath dug in the darkness — houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"When together, morning is to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Light he is on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Drought — also heat — consume snow-waters, Sheol those who have sinned."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten on him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Treating evil the barren who beareth not, And to the widow he doth no good,"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes are on their ways."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"High they were for a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all others they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 24 (YLT)","markdown":"[Job 24](https://primebible.com/ylt/job/24)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/job/24 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}