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  24:1 ¶
But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord, |
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24:1 ¶
Why,°
seeing times°
are not°
hidden°°
from Shaddai,°°
do they that know°°
him not°
see°°
his days?° |
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24:2
while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd? |
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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 have led away, the ass of the fatherless, and taken 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 have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together. |
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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
And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to [his] little ones. |
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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 have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: the poor have laboured in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food. |
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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 have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body. |
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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 drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no 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
They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast. |
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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
And they have wrongfully caused [others] to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry. |
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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 have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, and have not known the righteous way. |
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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
Who have cast forth [the] poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud. |
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24:12
Men°
groan°°
from out of the city,°°
and the soul°
of the wounded°
crieth out:°°
yet Eloah°
layeth°°
not°
folly°
[to them]. |
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24:13
Why then has he not visited these? forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their [appointed] paths? |
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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
But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be 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
and the eye of the adulterer has watched [for] the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on 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 darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: 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 them all [as] the shadow of death, for [each] will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death. |
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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
He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare. |
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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
[Let them be] withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless. |
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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
Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapour of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood. |
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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
For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman. |
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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
And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: therefore when he has arisen, [a man] will not feel secure of his own 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
When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover: but let him perish by disease. |
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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
For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk. |
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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
But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account? |
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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?° |
