Job Chapter 24
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asv (asv) - eBible.org engASV USFM
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And judges maketh he fools.
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He looseth the bond of kings,
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And he bindeth their loins with a girdle.
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He leadeth priests away stripped,
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And overthroweth the mighty.
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He removeth the speech of the trusty,
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And taketh away the understanding of the elders.
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He poureth contempt upon princes,
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And looseth the belt of the strong.
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He uncovereth deep things out of darkness,
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And bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
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He increaseth the nations, and he destroyeth them:
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He enlargeth the nations, and he leadeth them captive.
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He taketh away understanding from the chiefs of the people of the earth,
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And causeth them to wander in a wilderness where there is no way.
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They grope in the dark without light;
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And he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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Lo, mine eye hath seen all
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this,
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Mine ear hath heard and understood it.
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What ye know,
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the same do I know also:
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I am not inferior unto you.
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Surely I would speak to the Almighty,
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And I desire to reason with God.
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?
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They remove the landmarks; they violently take away the flocks and pasture them;
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge;
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They turn the needy out of the way: the afflicted of the land all hide themselves.
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Lo, [as] wild asses in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking early for the prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] them food for [their] children.
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They reap in the field the fodder thereof, and they gather the vintage of the wicked;
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They pass the night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold;
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and for want of a shelter embrace the rock...
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They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor:
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These go naked without clothing, and, hungry, they bear the sheaf;
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They press out oil within their walls, they tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
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Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out; andGod imputeth not the impiety.
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There are those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
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The murderer riseth with the light, killeth the afflicted and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
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And the eye of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me; and he putteth a covering on [his] face.
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In the dark they dig through houses; by day they shut themselves in; they know not the light:
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For the morning is to them all [as] the shadow of death; for they are familiar with the terrors of the shadow of death.
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He is swift on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed on the earth: he turneth not unto the way of the vineyards.
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Drought and heat consume snow waters; so doth Sheol those that have sinned.
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The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him: he shall be no more remembered; and unrighteousness is broken as a tree, —
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He that despoileth the barren that beareth not, and doeth not good to the widow:
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He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
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[God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.
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They are exalted for a little, and are no more; they are laid low; like all [other] are they gathered, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
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If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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But why have the seasons been hidden from the Lord,
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while the ungodly have passed over the bound, carrying off the flock with the shepherd?
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They have led away the ass of the fatherless, and taken the widow's ox for a pledge.
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They have turned aside the weak from the right way: and the meek of the earth have hidden themselves together.
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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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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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They have caused many naked to sleep without clothes, and they have taken away the covering of their body.
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They are wet with the drops of the mountains: they have embraced the rock, because they had no shelter.
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They have snatched the fatherless from the breast, and have afflicted the outcast.
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And they have wrongfully caused [others] to sleep without clothing, and taken away the morsel of the hungry.
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They have unrighteously laid wait in narrow places, and have not known the righteous way.
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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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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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But having known their works, he delivered them into darkness: and in the night one will be as a thief:
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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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In darkness he digs through houses: by day they conceal themselves securely: they know not the light.
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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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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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[Let them be] withered upon the earth; for they have plundered the sheaves of the fatherless.
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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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For he has not treated the barren woman well, and has had no pity on a feeble woman.
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And in wrath he has overthrown the helpless: therefore when he has arisen, [a man] will not feel secure of his own life.
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When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover: but let him perish by disease.
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For his exaltation has hurt many; but he has withered as mallows in the heat, or as an ear of corn falling off of itself from the stalk.
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But if not, who is he that says I speak falsely, and will make my words of no account?
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Ab Omnipotente non sunt abscondita tempora: qui autem noverunt eum, ignorant dies illius.
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Alii terminos transtulerunt, diripuerunt greges, et paverunt eos.
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Asinum pupillorum abegerunt, et abstulerunt pro pignore bovem viduæ.
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Subverterunt pauperum viam, et oppresserunt pariter mansuetos terræ.
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Alii quasi onagri in deserto egrediuntur ad opus suum: vigilantes ad prædam, præparant panem liberis.
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Agrum non suum demetunt: et vineam eius, quem vi oppresserint, vindemiant.
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Nudos dimittunt homines, indumenta tollentes, quibus non est operimentum in frigore:
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Quos imbres montium rigant: et non habentes velamen, amplexantur lapides.
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Vim fecerunt deprædantes pupillos, et vulgum pauperem spoliaverunt.
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Nudis et incedentibus absque vestitu, et esurientibus tulerunt spicas.
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Inter acervos eorum meridiati sunt, qui calcatis torcularibus sitiunt.
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De civitatibus fecerunt viros gemere, et anima vulneratorum clamavit, et Deus inultum abire non patitur.
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Ipsi fuerunt rebelles lumini, nescierunt vias eius, nec reversi sunt per semitas eius.
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Mane primo consurgit homicida, interficit egenum et pauperem: per noctem vero erit quasi fur.
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Oculus adulteri observat caliginem, dicens: Non me videbit oculus: et operiet vultum suum.
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Perfodit in tenebris domos, sicut in die condixerant sibi, et ignoraverunt lucem.
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Si subito apparuerit aurora, arbitrantur umbram mortis: et sic in tenebris quasi in luce ambulant.
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Levis est super faciem aquæ: maledicta sit pars eius in terra, nec ambulet per viam vinearum.
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Ad nimium calorem transeat ab aquis nivium, et usque ad inferos peccatum illius.
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Obliviscatur eius misericordia: dulcedo illius vermes: non sit in recordatione, sed conteratur quasi lignum infructuosum.
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Pavit enim sterilem, quæ non parit, et viduæ bene non fecit.
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Detraxit fortes in fortitudine sua: et cum steterit, non credet vitæ suæ.
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Dedit ei Deus locum pœnitentiæ, et ille abutitur eo in superbiam: oculi autem eius sunt in viis illius.
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Elevati sunt ad modicum, et non subsistent, et humiliabuntur sicut omnia, et auferentur, et sicut summitates spicarum conterentur.
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Quod si non est ita, quis me potest arguere esse mentitum, et ponere ante Deum verba mea?
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?
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There are people who remove the landmarks. They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
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They drive away the donkey of the fatherless, and they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
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They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
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Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go out to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness yields them bread for their children.
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They cut their food in the field. They glean the vineyard of the wicked.
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They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for lack of a shelter.
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There are those who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
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so that they go around naked without clothing. Being hungry, they carry the sheaves.
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They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread wine presses, and suffer thirst.
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From out of the populous city, men groan. The soul of the wounded cries out, yet God doesn’t regard the folly.
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“These are of those who rebel against the light. They don’t know its ways, nor stay in its paths.
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The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. In the night he is like a thief.
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The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, ‘No eye will see me.’ He disguises his face.
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In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They don’t know the light.
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For the morning is to all of them like thick darkness, for they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
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“They are foam on the surface of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They don’t turn into the way of the vineyards.
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Drought and heat consume the snow waters, so does Sheol those who have sinned.
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The womb will forget him. The worm will feed sweetly on him. He will be no more remembered. Unrighteousness will be broken as a tree.
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He devours the barren who don’t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow.
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Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
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God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.
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They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone. Yes, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
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If it isn’t so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?”
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.
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The borders they reach, A drove they have taken violently away, Yea, they do evil.
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The ass of the fatherless they lead away, They take in pledge the ox of the widow,
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They turn aside the needy from the way, Together have hid the poor of the earth.
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Lo, wild asses in a wilderness, They have gone out about their work, Seeking early for prey, A mixture for himself--food for young ones.
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In a field his provender they reap, And the vineyard of the wicked they glean.
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The naked they cause to lodge Without clothing. And there is no covering in the cold.
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From the inundation of hills they are wet, And without a refuge--have embraced a rock.
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They take violently away From the breast the orphan, And on the poor they lay a pledge.
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Naked, they have gone without clothing, And hungry--have taken away a sheaf.
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Between their walls they make oil, Wine-presses they have trodden, and thirst.
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Because of enmity men do groan, And the soul of pierced ones doth cry, And God doth not give praise.
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They have been among rebellious ones of light, They have not discerned His ways, Nor abode in His paths.
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At the light doth the murderer rise, He doth slay the poor and needy, And in the night he is as a thief.
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And the eye of an adulterer Hath observed the twilight, Saying, `No eye doth behold me.' And he putteth the face in secret.
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He hath dug in the darkness--houses; By day they shut themselves up, They have not known light.
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When together, morning <FI>is<Fi> to them death shade, When he discerneth the terrors of death shade.
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Light he <FI>is<Fi> on the face of the waters, Vilified is their portion in the earth, He turneth not the way of vineyards.
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Drought--also heat--consume snow-waters, Sheol <FI>those who<Fi> have sinned.
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Forget him doth the womb, Sweeten <FI>on<Fi> him doth the worm, No more is he remembered, And broken as a tree is wickedness.
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Treating evil the barren <FI>who<Fi> beareth not, And <FI>to<Fi> the widow he doth no good,
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And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.
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He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes <FI>are<Fi> on their ways.
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High they were <FI>for<Fi> a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all <FI>others<Fi> they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.
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And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).