International Children’s Bible

Job 24:14-19 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

14. When the light of day is gone, the murderer gets up.He kills poor and needy people.At night he goes about like a thief.

15. The person who is guilty of adultery watches for the night.He thinks, ‘No one will see me.’And he keeps his face covered.

16. In the dark, evil people break into houses.But in the daytime they shut themselves up in their own houses.They want nothing to do with the light.

17. Darkness is like morning to all these evil people.They make friends with the terrors of darkness.

18. “They are like foam floating on the water.Their part of the land is cursed.No one uses the road that goes by their vineyards.

19. Heat and dryness quickly take away the melted snow.In the same way, the place for the dead quickly takes away those who have sinned.