{Or, Why is it, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, That they who know him see not his days? }Why are times not laid up by the Almighty?
And why do not they that know him see his days?
There are that remove the landmarks;
They violently take away flocks, and feed them.
They drive away the ass of the fatherless;
They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
They turn the needy out of the way:
The {Or, meek}poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Behold, as wild asses in the desert
They go forth to their work, seeking diligently for {Hebrew: prey.}food;
The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children.
They cut {Or, his}their provender in the field;
And they glean the vintage of the wicked.
They lie all night naked without clothing,
And have no covering in the cold.
They are wet with the showers of the mountains,
And embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
There are that pluck the fatherless from the breast,
And {Or, take in pledge that which is on the poor}take a pledge of the poor;
So that they go about naked without clothing,
And being hungry they carry the sheaves.
They make oil within the walls of these men;
They tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
From out of the {Hebrew: city of men.}populous city men groan,
And the soul of the wounded crieth out:
Yet God regardeth not the folly.
These are of them that rebel against the light;
They know not the ways thereof,
Nor abide in the paths thereof.
The murderer riseth with the light;
He killeth the poor and needy;
And in the night he is as a thief.
The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight,
Saying, No eye shall see me:
And he {Or, putteth a covering on his face}disguiseth his face.
In the dark they dig through houses:
{Or, Which they had marked for themselves}They shut themselves up in the day-time;
They know not the light.
For {Or, thick darkness is to all of them as the morning; For they &c.}the morning is to all of them as thick darkness;
For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
{Or, Ye say, Swiftly &c. Hebrew: Swift is he &c.}Swiftly they pass away upon the face of the waters;
Their portion is cursed in the earth:
They turn not into the way of the vineyards.
Drought and heat consume the snow waters:
So doth Sheol those that have sinned.
The womb shall forget him;
The worm shall feed sweetly on him;
He shall be no more remembered;
And unrighteousness shall be broken {Or, as a tree; even he that devoureth &c.}as a tree.
He devoureth the barren that beareth not,
And doeth not good to the widow.
Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power:
He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.
God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon;
{Or, But}And his eyes are upon their ways.
They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone;
{Or, And when they are &c.}Yea, they are brought low, they are {Or, gather in}taken out of the way as all others,
And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar,
And make my speech nothing worth?
Querverweise zu Hiob 24,1 Hiob 24,1
My times are in thy hand:Deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee;For thou, Jehovah, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I {Hebrew: blot out.}destroy from off the face of the ground.
I said in my heart, God will judge the righteous and the wicked; for there is a time there for every {Or, matter}purpose and for every work.
Oh continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee,And thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
And Jehovah said, Shall I hide from Abraham that which I do;
for to every {Or, matter}purpose there is a time and judgment; because the {Or, evil}misery of man is great upon him:
And this is life eternal, that they should know thee the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, even Jesus Christ.
And Jehovah said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and {Or, Verily}because their sin is very grievous;
for he knoweth not that which shall be; {Or, for even when it cometh to pass, who shall declare it unto him?}for who can tell him how it shall be?
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
When I thought how I might know this,It was {Hebrew: labor in mine eyes.}too painful for me;
Until I went into the sanctuary of God,And considered their latter end.
Surely thou settest them in slippery places:Thou castest them down to {Hebrew: ruins.}destruction.
How are they become a desolation in a moment!They are utterly consumed with terrors.
For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare, even so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I {Hebrew: speak of judgements.}reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their {Hebrew: reins.}heart.
But thou, O Jehovah, knowest me; thou seest me, and triest my heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and {Hebrew: sanctify.}prepare them for the day of slaughter.
The little one shall become a thousand, and the small one a strong nation; I, Jehovah, will hasten it in its time.
For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,
And he changeth the times and the seasons; he removeth kings, and setteth up kings; he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that have understanding;
but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
For these are days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the {Or, earth}land, and wrath unto this people.
And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led captive into all the nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know times or seasons, which the Father hath {Or, appointed by}set within His own authority.
and he made of one every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having determined their appointed seasons, and the bounds of their habitation;
But concerning the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that aught be written unto you.
But the Spirit saith expressly, that in later times some shall fall away from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,
which in {Or, his}its own times he shall show, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of {Greek: them that reign as kings.}kings, and Lord of {Greek: them that rule as lords.}lords;
And in covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose sentence now from of old lingereth not, and their destruction slumbereth not.
but the heavens that now are, and the earth, by the same word have been {Or, stored with fire}stored up for fire, being reserved against the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men.
But forget not this one thing, beloved, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.