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The Book of Job, Chapter 24, Verse 1

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Because I was not cut off before the darkness, [neither] hath he covered the darkness from my face.
King James Version
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
American Standard Version
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?
New English Translation
The Apparent Indifference of God“Why are times not appointed by the Almighty? Why do those who know him not see his days?
World English Bible
"Why aren't times laid up by the Almighty? Why don't those who know him see his days?
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[Some] remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed [thereof].
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They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
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They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
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Behold, [as] wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness [yieldeth] food for them [and] for [their] children.
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They reap [every one] his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
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They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that [they have] no covering in the cold.
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They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
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They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
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They cause [him] to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf [from] the hungry;
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[Which] make oil within their walls, [and] tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.