Catholic Public Domain Version

Job 24:3-12 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

3. They have driven away the donkey of orphans, and have taken the cow from the widow as collateral.

4. They have undermined the way of the poor, and have pressed together the meek of the earth.

5. Others, like wild asses in the desert, go forth to their work; by watching for prey, they obtain bread for their children.

6. They reap a field that is not their own, and they harvest a vineyard that they have taken by force.

7. They send men away naked, having taken the clothing of those who have no covering in the cold;

8. these are wet with the mountain rain, and, having no covering, they embrace the rocks.

9. They have used violence to deprive orphans, and they have robbed the poor common people.

10. From the naked and those who do not have enough clothing, and from the hungry, they have taken away sheaves of grain.

11. They take their midday rest among the stockpiles of those who, though they have trodden the winepresses, suffer thirst.

12. In the cities, they caused the men to groan and the spirit of the wounded to cry out, and so God does not allow this to go unpunished.