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Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
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"[Since] times are not hidden from the Almighty, Why do those who know Him see not His days?
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Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
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"[Some] remove landmarks; They seize flocks violently and feed [on them;]
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
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They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow's ox as a pledge.
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They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
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They push the needy off the road; All the poor of the land are forced to hide.
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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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Indeed, [like] wild donkeys in the desert, They go out to their work, searching for food. The wilderness [yields] food for them [and] for [their] children.
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They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
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They gather their fodder in the field And glean in the vineyard of the wicked.
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They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
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They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter.
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They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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"[Some] snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor.
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They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
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They cause [the poor] to go naked, without clothing; And they take away the sheaves from the hungry.
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Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
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They press out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst.
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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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The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge [them] with wrong.
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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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" There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths.
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The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief.
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The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
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The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, 'No eye will see me'; And he disguises [his] face.
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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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In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light.
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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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For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death; If [someone] recognizes [them,] [They are in] the terrors of the shadow of death.
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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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"They [should be] swift on the face of the waters, Their portion [should be] cursed in the earth, [So that] no [one would] turn into the way of their vineyards.
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Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
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As drought and heat consume the snow waters, [So] the grave [consumes those who] have sinned.
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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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The womb [should] forget him, The worm [should] feed sweetly on him; He [should] be remembered no more, And wickedness [should] be broken like a tree.
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He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
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For he preys on the barren [who] do not bear, And does no good for the widow.
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He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
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" But God draws the mighty away with His power; He rises up, but no [man] is sure of life.
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Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
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He gives them security, and they rely [on it;] Yet His eyes [are] on their ways.
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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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They are exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all [others;] They dry out like the heads of grain.
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And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
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" Now if [it is] not [so,] who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?"
