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1. But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,
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1. Why H4069 , seeing times H6256 are not H3808 hidden H6845 from the Almighty H4480 H7706 , do they that know H3045 him not H3808 see H2372 his days H3117 ?
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2. while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
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2. Some remove H5381 the landmarks H1367 ; they violently take away H1497 flocks H5739 , and feed H7462 thereof .
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3. They have led away the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow’s ox for a pledge.
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3. They drive away H5090 the ass H2543 of the fatherless H3490 , they take the widow's ox for a pledge H2254 H7794 H490 .
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4. They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.
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4. They turn H5186 the needy H34 out of the way H4480 H1870 : the poor H6041 of the earth H776 hide H2244 themselves together H3162 .
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5. And they have departed like asses in the field, having gone forth on my account according to their own order: his bread is sweet to his little ones.
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5. Behold H2005 , as wild asses H6501 in the desert H4057 , go they forth H3318 to their work H6467 ; rising quickly H7836 for a prey H2964 : the wilderness H6160 yieldeth food H3899 for them and for their children H5288 .
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6. They have reaped a field that was not their own before the time: the poor have laboured in the vineyards of the ungodly without pay and without food.
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6. They reap H7114 every one his corn H1098 in the field H7704 : and they gather H3953 the vintage H3754 of the wicked H7563 .
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7. They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body.
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7. They cause the naked H6174 to lodge H3885 without H4480 H1097 clothing H3830 , that they have no H369 covering H3682 in the cold H7135 .
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8. They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter.
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8. They are wet H7372 with the showers H4480 H2230 of the mountains H2022 , and embrace H2263 the rock H6697 for want H4480 H1097 of a shelter H4268 .
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9. They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast.
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9. They pluck H1497 the fatherless H3490 from the breast H4480 H7699 , and take a pledge H2254 of H5921 the poor H6041 .
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10. And they have wrongfully caused others to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry.
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10. They cause him to go H1980 naked H6174 without H1097 clothing H3830 , and they take away H5375 the sheaf H6016 from the hungry H7457 ;
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11. They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, and have not known the righteous way.
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11. Which make oil H6671 within H996 their walls H7791 , and tread H1869 their winepresses H3342 , and suffer thirst H6770 .
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12. Who have cast forth the poor from the city and their own houses, and the soul of the children has groaned aloud.
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12. Men H4962 groan H5008 from out of the city H4480 H5892 , and the soul H5315 of the wounded H2491 crieth out H7768 : yet God H433 layeth H7760 not H3808 folly H8604 to them .
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13. Why then has he not visited these? forasmuch as they were upon the earth, and took no notice, and they knew not the way of righteousness, neither have they walked in their appointed paths?
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13. They H1992 are H1961 of those that rebel H4775 against the light H216 ; they know H5234 not H3808 the ways H1870 thereof, nor H3808 abide H3427 in the paths H5410 thereof.
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14. But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:
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14. The murderer H7523 rising H6965 with the light H216 killeth H6991 the poor H6041 and needy H34 , and in the night H3915 is H1961 as a thief H1590 .
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15. and the eye of the adulterer has watched for the darkness, saying, Eye shall not perceive me, and he puts a covering on his face.
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15. The eye H5869 also of the adulterer H5003 waiteth H8104 for the twilight H5399 , saying H559 , No H3808 eye H5869 shall see H7789 me : and disguiseth H5643 H7760 his face H6440 .
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16. In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.
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16. In the dark H2822 they dig through H2864 houses H1004 , which they had marked H2856 for themselves in the daytime H3119 : they know H3045 not H3808 the light H216 .
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17. For the morning is to them all as the shadow of death, for each will be conscious of the terror of the shadow of death.
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17. For H3588 the morning H1242 is to them even as H3162 the shadow of death H6757 : if H3588 one know H5234 them, they are in the terrors H1091 of the shadow of death H6757 .
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18. He is swift on the face of the water: let his portion be cursed on the earth; and let their plants be laid bare.
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18. He H1931 is swift H7031 as H5921 H6440 the waters H4325 ; their portion H2513 is cursed H7043 in the earth H776 : he beholdeth H6437 not H3808 the way H1870 of the vineyards H3754 .
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19. Let them be withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless.
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19. Drought H6723 and H1571 heat H2527 consume H1497 the snow H7950 waters H4325 : so doth the grave H7585 those which have sinned H2398 .
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20. Then is his sin brought to remembrance, and he vanishes like a vapour of dew: but let what he has done be recompensed to him, and let every unrighteous one be crushed like rotten wood.
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20. The womb H7358 shall forget H7911 him ; the worm H7415 shall feed sweetly H4988 on him ; he shall be no H3808 more H5750 remembered H2142 ; and wickedness H5766 shall be broken H7665 as a tree H6086 .
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21. For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman.
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21. He evil entreateth H7462 the barren H6135 that beareth H3205 not H3808 : and doeth not H3808 good H3190 to the widow H490 .
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22. And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: therefore when he has arisen, a man will not feel secure This use of kata is peculiar to Job of his own life.
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22. He draweth H4900 also the mighty H47 with his power H3581 : he riseth up H6965 , and no H3808 man is sure H539 of life H2416 .
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23. When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover: but let him perish by disease.
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23. Though it be given H5414 him to be in safety H983 , whereon he resteth H8172 ; yet his eyes H5869 are upon H5921 their ways H1870 .
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24. For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as Some read omiclh, mist mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.
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24. They are exalted H7426 for a little while H4592 , but are gone H369 and brought low H4355 ; they are taken out of the way H7092 as all H3605 other , and cut off H5243 as the tops H7218 of the ears of corn H7641 .
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25. But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account?
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25. And if H518 it be not H3808 so now H645 , who H4310 will make me a liar H3576 , and make H7760 my speech H4405 nothing H408 worth?
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