Job 24 - Compare Translations
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Job 24:1
KJVWhy, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
WEB“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty?
YLTWherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.
Job 24:2
KJVSome remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
WEBThere are people who remove the landmarks.
YLTThe borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
Job 24:3
KJVThey drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
WEBThey drive away the donkey of the fatherless,
YLTThe ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
Job 24:4
KJVThey turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
WEBThey turn the needy out of the way.
YLTThey turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
Job 24:5
KJVBehold, 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.
WEBBehold, as wild donkeys in the desert,
YLTLo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself -- food for young ones.
Job 24:6
KJVThey reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
WEBThey cut their food in the field.
YLTIn a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
Job 24:7
KJVThey cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
WEBThey lie all night naked without clothing,
YLTThe naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
Job 24:8
KJVThey are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
WEBThey are wet with the showers of the mountains,
YLTFrom the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge -- have embraced a rock.
Job 24:9
KJVThey pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
WEBThere are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast,
YLTThey take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
Job 24:10
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Job 24:11
KJVWhich make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
WEBThey make oil within the walls of these men.
YLTBetween their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
Job 24:12
KJVMen groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
WEBFrom out of the populous city, men groan.
YLTBecause of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.
Job 24:13
KJVThey are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
WEB“These are of those who rebel against the light.
YLTThey have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.
Job 24:14
KJVThe murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
WEBThe murderer rises with the light.
YLTAt the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
Job 24:15
KJVThe eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
WEBThe eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight,
YLTAnd the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
Job 24:16
KJVIn the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
WEBIn the dark they dig through houses.
YLTHe hath dug in the darkness -- houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
Job 24:17
KJVFor 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.
WEBFor the morning is to all of them like thick darkness,
YLTWhen together, morning [is] to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.
Job 24:18
KJVHe is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
WEB“They are foam on the surface of the waters.
YLTLight he [is] on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
Job 24:19
KJVDrought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
WEBDrought and heat consume the snow waters,
YLTDrought -- also heat -- consume snow-waters, Sheol [those who] have sinned.
Job 24:20
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Job 24:21
KJVHe evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
WEBHe devours the barren who don’t bear.
YLTTreating evil the barren [who] beareth not, And [to] the widow he doth no good,
Job 24:22
KJVHe draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
WEBYet God preserves the mighty by his power.
YLTAnd hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
Job 24:23
KJVThough it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
WEBGod gives them security, and they rest in it.
YLTHe giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes [are] on their ways.
Job 24:24
KJVThey 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.
WEBThey are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone.
YLTHigh 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.
Job 24:25
KJVAnd if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
WEBIf it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar,
YLTAnd if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?
25 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT