New English Translation

Job 24:14-22 New English Translation (NET)

14. Before daybreak the murderer rises up;he kills the poor and the needy;in the night he is like a thief.

15. And the eye of the adulterer watches for the twilight,thinking, ‘No eye can see me,’and covers his face with a mask.

16. In the dark the robber breaks into houses,but by day they shut themselves in;they do not know the light.

17. For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness;they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

18. “You say, ‘He is foam on the face of the waters;their portion of the land is cursedso that no one goes to their vineyard.

19. The drought as well as the heat carry away the melted snow;so the grave takes away those who have sinned.

20. The womb forgets him, the worm feasts on him,no longer will he be remembered.Like a tree, wickedness will be broken down.

21. He preys on the barren and childless woman,and does not treat the widow well.

22. But God drags off the mighty by his power;when God rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.