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Chapter 24

The Injustice Crying Out in the World[a]

“The actual day of judgment is known by the Almighty;
    why does he not reveal it to his faithful?[b]
Those who are wicked move boundary stones;
    they seize flocks and pasture them.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 24:1 Here, as in places elsewhere, the translations differ widely (but without any of them achieving a clear meaning) in an effort to correct an unintelligible original.
  2. Job 24:1 Job is eagerly, but vainly, looking for the moment when God will intervene as on the “day of the Lord,” or day of judgment, foretold by the Prophets (see Am 5:18).

24 “Why does the Almighty not set times(A) for judgment?(B)
    Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?(C)
There are those who move boundary stones;(D)
    they pasture flocks they have stolen.(E)

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