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Job chapter 24 in Hebrew and English

25 verses, about 2 minutes to read aloud. The Hebrew has its vowel points and the English stands under each verse.

The whole chapter is here, a verse to a line.

מַדּוּעַ מִשַׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנוּ עִתִּים וְיֹדְעָיו לֹא־חָזוּ יָמָֽיו׃

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know Him see His days?

גְּבֻלוֹת יַשִּׂיגוּ עֵדֶר גָּזְלוּ וַיִּרְעֽוּ׃

There are that remove the landmarks; They violently take away flocks, and feed them.

חֲמוֹר יְתוֹמִים יִנְהָגוּ יַחְבְּלוּ שׁוֹר אַלְמָנָֽה׃

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, They take the widow’s ox for a pledge.

יַטּוּ אֶבְיוֹנִים מִדָּרֶךְ יַחַד חֻבְּאוּ עֲנִיֵּי־אָֽרֶץ׃

They turn the needy out of the way; The poor of the earth hide themselves together.

הֵן פְּרָאִים בַּמִּדְבָּר יָצְאוּ בְּפָעֳלָם מְשַׁחֲרֵי לַטָּרֶף עֲרָבָה לוֹ לֶחֶם לַנְּעָרִֽים׃

Behold, as wild asses in the wilderness They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food; The desert yieldeth them bread for their children.

בַּשָּׂדֶה בְּלִילוֹ יִקְצוֹרוּ וְכֶרֶם רָשָׁע יְלַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃

They cut his provender in the field; And they despoil the vineyard of the wicked.

עָרוֹם יָלִינוּ מִבְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וְאֵין כְּסוּת בַּקָּרָֽה׃

They lie all night naked without clothing, And have no covering in the cold.

מִזֶּרֶם הָרִים יִרְטָבוּ וּמִבְּלִי מַחְסֶה חִבְּקוּ־צֽוּר׃

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.

יִגְזְלוּ מִשֹּׁד יָתוֹם וְעַל־עָנִי יַחְבֹּֽלוּ׃

There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge of the poor;

עָרוֹם הִלְּכוּ בְּלִי לְבוּשׁ וּרְעֵבִים נָשְׂאוּ עֹֽמֶר׃

So that they go about naked without clothing, And being hungry they carry the sheaves;

בֵּין־שׁוּרֹתָם יַצְהִירוּ יְקָבִים דָּרְכוּ וַיִּצְמָֽאוּ׃

They make oil within the rows of these men; They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.

מֵעִיר מְתִים יִנְאָקוּ וְנֶפֶשׁ־חֲלָלִים תְּשַׁוֵּעַ וֶאֱלוֹהַּ לֹא־יָשִׂים תִּפְלָֽה׃

From out of the populous city men groan, And the soul of the wounded crieth out; Yet God imputeth it not for unseemliness.

הֵמָּה הָיוּ בְּמֹרְדֵי־אוֹר לֹא־הִכִּירוּ דְרָכָיו וְלֹא יָשְׁבוּ בִּנְתִיבֹתָֽיו׃

These are of them that rebel against the light; They know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.

לָאוֹר יָקוּם רוֹצֵחַ יִקְטָל־עָנִי וְאֶבְיוֹן וּבַלַּיְלָה יְהִי כַגַּנָּֽב׃

The murderer riseth with the light, to kill the poor and needy; And in the night he is as a thief.

וְעֵין נֹאֵף שָׁמְרָה נֶשֶׁף לֵאמֹר לֹא־תְשׁוּרֵנִי עָיִן וְסֵתֶר פָּנִים יָשִֽׂים׃

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, Saying: ‘No eye shall see me’; And he putteth a covering on his face. .

חָתַר בַּחֹשֶׁךְ בָּתִּים יוֹמָם חִתְּמוּ־לָמוֹ לֹא־יָדְּעוּ אֽוֹר׃

In the dark they dig through houses; They shut themselves up in the day-time; They know not the light.

כִּי יַחְדָּו בֹּקֶר לָמוֹ צַלְמָוֶת כִּי־יַכִּיר בַּלְהוֹת צַלְמָֽוֶת׃

For the shadow of death is to all of them as the morning; For they know the terrors of the shadow of death.

קַל־הוּא עַל־פְּנֵי־מַיִם תְּקֻלַּל חֶלְקָתָם בָּאָרֶץ לֹא־יִפְנֶה דֶּרֶךְ כְּרָמִֽים׃

He is swift upon the face of the waters; Their portion is cursed in the earth; He turneth not by the way of the vineyards.

צִיָּה גַם־חֹם יִגְזְלוּ מֵימֵי־שֶׁלֶג שְׁאוֹל חָטָֽאוּ׃

Drought and heat consume the snow waters; So doth the nether-world those that have sinned.

יִשְׁכָּחֵהוּ רֶחֶם מְתָקוֹ רִמָּה עוֹד לֹא־יִזָּכֵר וַתִּשָּׁבֵר כָּעֵץ עַוְלָֽה׃

The womb forgetteth him; the worm feedeth sweetly on him; He shall be no more remembered; And unrighteousness is broken as a tree.

רֹעֵה עֲקָרָה לֹא תֵלֵד וְאַלְמָנָה לֹא יְיֵטִֽיב׃

He devoureth the barren that beareth not; And doeth not good to the widow.

וּמָשַׁךְ אַבִּירִים בְּכֹחוֹ יָקוּם וְלֹא־יַאֲמִין בַּֽחַיִּֽין׃

He draweth away the mighty also by his power; He riseth up, and he trusteth not his own life.

יִתֶּן־לוֹ לָבֶטַח וְיִשָּׁעֵן וְעֵינֵיהוּ עַל־דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם׃

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth, Yet His eyes are upon their ways.

רוֹמּוּ מְּעַט וְאֵינֶנּוּ וְהֻמְּכוּ כַּכֹּל יִקָּפְצוּן וּכְרֹאשׁ שִׁבֹּלֶת יִמָּֽלוּ׃

They are exalted for a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are gathered in as all others, And wither as the tops of the ears of corn.

וְאִם־לֹא אֵפוֹ מִי יַכְזִיבֵנִי וְיָשֵׂם לְאַל מִלָּתִֽי׃

And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?

The Hebrew is the Leningrad Codex, free to view and copy, compared letter by letter with a second edition, Miqra according to the Masorah, under the CC BY-SA licence. The English is the Jewish Publication Society translation of 1917, in the public domain.

Where this chapter stands in the Tanakh.

  • Chapter 24 of the 42 chapters of Job
  • Job is one of the Writings
  • 25 verses, 203 words, about 2 minutes to read

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Questions about this chapter

How many verses does Job chapter 24 have?

Job chapter 24 has 25 verses and 203 words.

How does Job chapter 24 begin?

The first verse begins in Hebrew with the words מדוע משדי לא־נצפנו עתים.

Where does Job chapter 24 stand in the Tanakh?

It is chapter 24 of the 42 chapters of Job, which is one of the Writings.

How long does it take to read Job chapter 24?

About 2 minutes, at a steady pace.