Verse
KJV
King James Version
WEB
World English Bible
Why ,
seeing
times are
not
hidden
from
the Almighty ,
do
they
that
know him not
see his days?
"
Why aren't
times laid
up
by
the Almighty ?
Why
don't
those
who
know him see his days?
Some
remove the landmarks ;
they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof
.
There
are
people
who
remove the landmarks .
They violently take away flocks, and feed them
.
They drive away the ass
of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
They drive away the donkey
of the fatherless, And
they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
They turn the needy out of the way :
the poor of the earth hide themselves together
.
They turn the needy out of the way .
The poor of the earth all
hide themselves.
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.
Behold, as wild donkeys
in the desert, They go
forth to their work ,
seeking
diligently
for food;
The wilderness yields
them bread
for their children.
They reap
every
one
his
corn
in the field :
and
they gather
the vintage
of the wicked.
They cut
their
provender
in the field .
They glean
the vineyard
of the wicked.
They cause
the
naked to
lodge
without clothing, that
they
have no covering in the cold.
They lie
all
night
naked without clothing, And
have no covering in the cold.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want
of a shelter.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for lack
of a shelter.
They
pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor .
There
are
those
who
pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor ,
They cause
him
to
go naked without clothing, and
they take
away
the
sheaf
from
the hungry;
So
that
they go around
naked without clothing .
Being
hungry
, they carry
the sheaves.
Which
make oil within their
walls ,
and
tread their
winepresses
, and suffer thirst.
They
make oil within the
walls of
these
men.
They
tread wine
presses
, and suffer thirst.
Men
groan
from out of the city, and
the soul of the wounded crieth
out :
yet God layeth
not
folly to
them
.
From out of the populous
city, men
groan.
The soul of the wounded cries
out ,
Yet God doesn't
regard
the
folly.
They
are of those that
rebel against the light; they know not
the ways thereof
, nor abide in the paths thereof
.
"These
are of those who
rebel against the light; They don't
know the ways of
it
, Nor abide in the paths of
it
.
The murderer rising
with the light killeth
the poor and needy ,
and
in the night is as
a thief.
The murderer rises
with the light .
He
kills
the poor and needy .
In the night he
is like
a thief.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth
for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me :
and
disguiseth
his face.
The eye also of the adulterer waits
for the twilight, Saying, '
No eye shall see me .'
He
disguises
his face.
In the dark they dig through houses ,
which
they had
marked
for
themselves in the daytime :
they know not
the light.
In the dark they dig through houses .
They shut
themselves up
in the daytime .
They don't
know the light.
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
.
For the morning is to all
of them like
thick
darkness
, For
they know
the terrors of the thick
darkness
.
He
is
swift
as
the waters ;
their portion is cursed in the earth: he
beholdeth
not
the way of the vineyards.
"They
are
foam
on
the surface
of
the
waters .
Their portion is cursed in the earth: They
don't
turn
into
the way of the vineyards.
Drought and heat consume the snow waters :
so doth
the
grave
those which
have sinned.
Drought and heat consume the snow waters ;
So does
Sheol
those who
have sinned.
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.
The womb shall forget him .
The worm shall feed sweetly on him .
He shall be no more remembered .
Unrighteousness
shall be broken as a tree.
He evil
entreateth
the barren that
beareth
not:
and
doeth
not
good
to the widow.
He devours
the barren who
don't
bear.
He
shows
no
kindness
to the widow.
He
draweth
also
the mighty with
his power :
he riseth
up ,
and
no man
is
sure
of life.
Yet
God
preserves
the mighty by
his power .
He rises
up who
has
no assurance
of life.
Though
it
be
given
him
to
be
in
safety
, whereon
he
resteth;
yet
his eyes are upon
their ways.
God
gives
them
security
, and
they
rest
in
it.
His eyes are on
their ways.
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
.
They are exalted ;
yet
a little while, and
they
are gone .
Yes,
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
.
And
if it be
not
so now, who will make
me a liar, and make my speech nothing
worth?
If it isn't
so now, who will prove
me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing
? "
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