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Job 24:14-22 Common English Bible (CEB)

14. The murderer rises at twilight,kills the poor and needy;at night, they are like a thief.

15. The adulterer’s eye watches for twilight,thinking, No eye can see me,and puts a mask over his face.

16. In the dark they break into houses;they shut themselves in by day;they don’t know the light.

17. Deep darkness is morning to thembecause they recognize the horror of darkness.

18. They are scum on the water’s surface;their portion of the land is cursed;no one walks down a path in the vineyards.

19. Drought and heat steal melted snow,just as the underworld steals sinners.

20. The womb forgets them;the worm consumes them;they aren’t remembered,and so wickedness is shattered like a tree.

21. They prey on the barren, the childless,do nothing good for the widow.

22. They drag away the strong by force;they may get up but without guarantee of survival.

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