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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,°
seeing times°
are not°
hidden°°
from the Almighty,°°
do they that know°°
him not°
see°°
his days?° |
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24:2
There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them. |
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24:2
[Some] remove°°
the landmarks;°
they violently take away°°
flocks,°
and feed°°
[thereof]. |
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24:3
They drive away the ass of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox for a pledge. |
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24:3
They drive away°°
the ass°
of the fatherless,°
they take°°
the widow's°
ox°
for a pledge.°°°° |
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24:4
They turn the needy out of the way: The poor of the earth all hide themselves. |
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24:4
They turn°°
the needy°
out of the way:°°
the poor°°°
of the earth°
hide°°
themselves together.° |
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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. |
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24:5
Behold,°
[as] wild asses°
in the desert,°
go they forth°°
to their work;°
rising betimes°°
for a prey:°
the wilderness°
[yieldeth] food°
for them [and] for [their] children.° |
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24:6
They cut their provender in the field; And they glean the vintage of the wicked. |
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24:6
They reap°°°°
[every one] his corn°
in the field:°
and they gather°°
the vintage°
of the wicked.° |
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24:7
They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold. |
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24:7
They cause the naked°
to lodge°°
without°°
clothing,°
that [they have] no°
covering°
in the cold.° |
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24:8
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter. |
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24:8
They are wet°°
with the showers°°
of the mountains,°
and embrace°°
the rock°
for want°°
of a shelter.° |
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24:9
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor; |
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24:9
They pluck°°
the fatherless°
from the breast,°°
and take a pledge°°
of°
the poor.° |
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24:10
[So that] they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves. |
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24:10
They cause [him] to go°°
naked°
without°
clothing,°
and they take away°°
the sheaf°
[from] the hungry;° |
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24:11
They make oil within the walls of these men; They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst. |
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24:11
[Which] make oil°°
within°
their walls,°
[and] tread°°
[their] winepresses,°
and suffer thirst.°° |
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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. |
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24:12
Men°
groan°°
from out of the city,°°
and the soul°
of the wounded°
crieth out:°°
yet God°
layeth°°
not°
folly°
[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. |
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24:13
They°
are°
of those that rebel°°
against the light;°
they know°°
not°
the ways°
thereof, nor°
abide°°
in the paths°
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. |
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24:14
The murderer°°
rising°°
with the light°
killeth°°
the poor°
and needy,°
and in the night°
is°
as a thief.° |
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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. |
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24:15
The eye°
also of the adulterer°°
waiteth°°
for the twilight,°
saying,°°
No°
eye°
shall see°°
me: and disguiseth°°°
[his] face.° |
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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. |
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24:16
In the dark°
they dig through°°
houses,°
[which] they had marked°°
for themselves in the daytime:°
they know°°
not°
the light.° |
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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. |
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24:17
For°
the morning°
[is] to them even as°
the shadow of death:°
if°
[one] know°°
[them, they are in] the terrors°
of the shadow of death.° |
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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. |
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24:18
He°
[is] swift°
as°°
the waters;°°
their portion°
is cursed°°
in the earth:°
he beholdeth°°
not°
the way°
of the vineyards.° |
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24:19
Drought and heat consume the snow waters: [So doth] Sheol [those that] have sinned. |
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24:19
Drought°
and°
heat°
consume°°
the snow°
waters:°
[so doth] the grave°
[those which] have sinned.°° |
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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. |
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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 wickedness°
shall be broken°°
as a tree.° |
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24:21
He devoureth the barren that beareth not, And doeth not good to the widow. |
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24:21
He evil entreateth°°
the barren°
[that] beareth°°
not:°
and doeth not°
good°°
to the widow.° |
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24:22
Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life. |
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24:22
He draweth°°
also the mighty°
with his power:°
he riseth up,°°
and no°
[man] is sure°°
of life.° |
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24:23
[God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways. |
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24:23
[Though] it be given°°
him [to be] in safety,°
whereon he resteth;°°
yet his eyes°
[are] upon°
their ways.° |
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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. |
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24:24
They are exalted°°
for a little while,°
but are gone°
and brought low;°°
they are taken out°°
of the way°°
as all°
[other], and cut off°°
as the tops°
of the ears of corn.° |
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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? |
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24:25
And if°
[it be] not°
[so] now,°
who°
will make°°
me a liar,°°
and make°°
my speech°
nothing°
worth?° |
