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Job 24:11-18 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

11. They crush olives to make oiland grapes to make wine—but still they go thirsty.

12. And along the city streets,the wounded and dying cry out,yet God does nothing.

13. Some rebel and refuseto follow the light.

14. Soon after sunset they murderthe poor and the needy,and at night they steal.

15. Others wait for the dark,thinking they won't be seenif they sleep with the wifeor husband of someone else.

16. Robbers hide during the day,then break in after darkbecause they reject the light.

17. They prefer night to day,since the terrors of the nightare their friends.

18. Those sinners are filthy foamon the surface of the water.And so, their fields and vineyardswill fall under a curseand won't produce.

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