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  24:1 ¶
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days? |
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24:1 ¶
Why,º
seeing timesº
are notº
hiddenºº
from the Almighty,ºº
do they that knowºº
him notº
seeºº
his days?º |
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24:2
There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them. |
24:2
[Some] removeºº
the landmarks;º
they violently take awayºº
flocks,º
and feedºº
[thereof]. |
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24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge. |
24:3
They drive awayºº
the assº
of the fatherless,º
they takeºº
the widow'sº
oxº
for a pledge.ºººº |
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24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. |
24:4
They turnºº
the needyº
out of the way:ºº
the poorººº
of the earthº
hideºº
themselves together.º |
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24:5
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. |
24:5
Behold,º
[as] wild assesº
in the desert,º
go they forthºº
to their work;º
rising betimesºº
for a prey:º
the wildernessº
[yieldeth] foodº
for them [and] for [their] children.º |
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24:6
They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. |
24:6
They reapºººº
[every one] his cornº
in the field:º
and they gatherºº
the vintageº
of the wicked.º |
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24:7
They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold. |
24:7
They cause the nakedº
to lodgeºº
withoutºº
clothing,º
that [they have] noº
coveringº
in the cold.º |
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24:8
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. |
24:8
They are wetºº
with the showersºº
of the mountains,º
and embraceºº
the rockº
for wantºº
of a shelter.º |
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24:9
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor; |
24:9
They pluckºº
the fatherlessº
from the breast,ºº
and take a pledgeºº
ofº
the poor.º |
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24:10
[So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves. |
24:10
They cause [him] to goºº
nakedº
withoutº
clothing,º
and they take awayºº
the sheafº
[from] the hungry;º |
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24:11
They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst. |
24:11
[Which] make oilºº
withinº
their walls,º
[and] treadºº
[their] winepresses,º
and suffer thirst.ºº |
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24:12
From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out: Yet God regardeth not the folly. |
24:12
Menº
groanºº
from out of the city,ºº
and the soulº
of the woundedº
crieth out:ºº
yet Godº
layethºº
notº
follyº
[to them]. |
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24:13
These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, Nor abide in the paths thereof. |
24:13
Theyº
areº
of those that rebelºº
against the light;º
they knowºº
notº
the waysº
thereof, norº
abideºº
in the pathsº
thereof. |
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24:14
The murderer riseth with the light; He killeth the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief. |
24:14
The murdererºº
risingºº
with the lightº
killethºº
the poorº
and needy,º
and in the nightº
isº
as a thief.º |
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24:15
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying, No eye shall see me: And he disguiseth his face. |
24:15
The eyeº
also of the adultererºº
waitethºº
for the twilight,º
saying,ºº
Noº
eyeº
shall seeºº
me: and disguisethººº
[his] face.º |
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24:16
In the dark they dig through houses: They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light. |
24:16
In the darkº
they dig throughºº
houses,º
[which] they had markedºº
for themselves in the daytime:º
they knowºº
notº
the light.º |
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24:17
For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness; For they know the terrors of the thick darkness. |
24:17
Forº
the morningº
[is] to them even asº
the shadow of death:º
ifº
[one] knowºº
[them, they are in] the terrorsº
of the shadow of death.º |
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24:18
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. |
24:18
Heº
[is] swiftº
asºº
the waters;ºº
their portionº
is cursedºº
in the earth:º
he beholdethºº
notº
the wayº
of the vineyards.º |
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24:19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned. |
24:19
Droughtº
andº
heatº
consumeºº
the snowº
waters:º
[so doth] the graveº
[those which] have sinned.ºº |
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24:20
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. |
24:20
The wombº
shall forgetºº
him; the wormº
shall feed sweetlyºº
on him; he shall be noº
moreº
remembered;ºº
and wickednessº
shall be brokenºº
as a tree.º |
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24:21
He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow. |
24:21
He evil entreatethºº
the barrenº
[that] bearethºº
not:º
and doeth notº
goodºº
to the widow.º |
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24:22
Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life. |
24:22
He drawethºº
also the mightyº
with his power:º
he riseth up,ºº
and noº
[man] is sureºº
of life.º |
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24:23
[God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways. |
24:23
[Though] it be givenºº
him [to be] in safety,º
whereon he resteth;ºº
yet his eyesº
[are] uponº
their ways.º |
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24:24
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. |
24:24
They are exaltedºº
for a little while,º
but are goneº
and brought low;ºº
they are taken outºº
of the wayºº
as allº
[other], and cut offºº
as the topsº
of the ears of corn.º |
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24:25
And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth? |
24:25
And ifº
[it be] notº
[so] now,º
whoº
will makeºº
me a liar,ºº
and makeºº
my speechº
nothingº
worth?º |
