Contemporary English Version Anglicised

Job 24:2-11 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

2. Sinners remove boundary markersand take care of sheepthey have stolen.

3. They cheat orphans and widowsby taking their donkeysand oxen.

4. The poor are trampledand forced to hide

5. in the desert,where they and their childrenmust live like wild donkeysand search for food.

6. If they want grain or grapes,they must go to the propertyof these sinners.

7. They sleep naked in the cold,because they have no cover,

8. and during a stormtheir only shelters are cavesamong the rocky cliffs.

9. Children whose fathers have diedare taken from their mothersas payment for a debt.

10. Then they are forced to worknaked in the grain fieldsbecause they have no clothes,and they go hungry.

11. They crush olives to make oiland grapes to make wine—but still they go thirsty.