Old Testament

New Testament

Job 24:9-16 Darby Translation 1890 (DARBY)

9. They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:

10. These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;

11. They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

12. Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; and +God imputeth not the impiety.

13. There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

14. The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.

15. And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on his face.

16. In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:

Read complete chapter Job 24