Job 24
- 1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do those who do not know him see his days?
- 2Some remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed of it.
- 3They drive away the donkey of the orphan, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
- 4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
- 5As wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, rising early for a prey. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
- 6They reap every one his grain in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
- 7They make the naked spend the night without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
- 8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
- 9They pluck the orphan from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
- 10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry,
- 11Who make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and go thirsty.
- 12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God does not lay foolishness to them.
- 13They are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know its ways, or stay in its paths.
- 14The murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
- 15The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face.
- 16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime. They do not know the light.
- 17For 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.
- 18He is swift as the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. He does not look at the way of the vineyards.
- 19Drought and heat consume the snow waters. So does the grave those who have sinned.
- 20The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered, and evil shall be broken as a tree.
- 21He treats the barren who does not bear badly, and does not good to the widow.
- 22He draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, and no man is sure of life.
- 23Though it is given him to be in safety, on which he rests, yet his eyes are on their ways.
- 24They are lifted high for a little while, but have gone and brought low. They are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
- 25And if it is not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Job 24 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVWhy, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
GIGAKJVWhy, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do those who do not know him see his days?
KJVSome remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
GIGAKJVSome remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed of it.
KJVThey drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
GIGAKJVThey drive away the donkey of the orphan, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
KJVBehold, 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.
GIGAKJVAs wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, rising early for a prey. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children.
KJVThey reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
GIGAKJVThey reap every one his grain in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
KJVThey cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
GIGAKJVThey make the naked spend the night without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
KJVThey are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
GIGAKJVThey are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
KJVThey pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
GIGAKJVThey pluck the orphan from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
KJVThey cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
GIGAKJVThey cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry,
KJVWhich make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
GIGAKJVWho make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and go thirsty.
KJVMen groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
GIGAKJVMen groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded cries out: yet God does not lay foolishness to them.
KJVThey are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
GIGAKJVThey are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know its ways, or stay in its paths.
KJVThe murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
GIGAKJVThe murderer rising with the light kills the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
KJVThe eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
GIGAKJVThe eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguises his face.
KJVIn the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
GIGAKJVIn the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime. They do not know the light.
KJVHe is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
GIGAKJVHe is swift as the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. He does not look at the way of the vineyards.
KJVDrought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
GIGAKJVDrought and heat consume the snow waters. So does the grave those who have sinned.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered, and evil shall be broken as a tree.
KJVHe evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
GIGAKJVHe treats the barren who does not bear badly, and does not good to the widow.
KJVHe draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
GIGAKJVHe draws also the mighty with his power: he rises up, and no man is sure of life.
KJVThough it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
GIGAKJVThough it is given him to be in safety, on which he rests, yet his eyes are on their ways.
KJVThey 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.
GIGAKJVThey are lifted high for a little while, but have gone and brought low. They are taken out of the way as all others, and cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
KJVAnd if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
GIGAKJVAnd if it is not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
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