| New King James Version | King James Bible |
| 1“Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, Why do those who know Him see not His days? | 1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? |
| 2“Some remove landmarks; They seize flocks violently and feed on them; | 2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. |
| 3They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; They take the widow’s ox as a pledge. | 3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge. |
| 4They push the needy off the road; All the poor of the land are forced to hide. | 4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. |
| 5Indeed, like wild donkeys in the desert, They go out to their work, searching for food. The wilderness yields food for them and for their children. | 5Behold, 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. |
| 6They gather their fodder in the field And glean in the vineyard of the wicked. | 6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked. |
| 7They spend the night naked, without clothing, And have no covering in the cold. | 7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. |
| 8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, And huddle around the rock for want of shelter. | 8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. |
| 9“Some snatch the fatherless from the breast, And take a pledge from the poor. | 9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. |
| 10They cause the poor to go naked, without clothing; And they take away the sheaves from the hungry. | 10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; |
| 11They press out oil within their walls, And tread winepresses, yet suffer thirst. | 11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. |
| 12The dying groan in the city, And the souls of the wounded cry out; Yet God does not charge them with wrong. | 12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them. |
| 13“There are those who rebel against the light; They do not know its ways Nor abide in its paths. | 13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. |
| 14The murderer rises with the light; He kills the poor and needy; And in the night he is like a thief. | 14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. |
| 15The eye of the adulterer waits for the twilight, Saying, ‘No eye will see me’; And he disguises his face. | 15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face. |
| 16In the dark they break into houses Which they marked for themselves in the daytime; They do not know the light. | 16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. |
| 17For the morning is the same to them as the shadow of death; If someone recognizes them, They are in the terrors of the shadow of death. | 17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death. |
| 18“They should be swift on the face of the waters, Their portion should be cursed in the earth, So that no one would turn into the way of their vineyards. | 18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. |
| 19As drought and heat consume the snow waters, So the grave consumes those who have sinned. | 19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. |
| 20The womb should forget him, The worm should feed sweetly on him; He should be remembered no more, And wickedness should be broken like a tree. | 20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. |
| 21For he preys on the barren who do not bear, And does no good for the widow. | 21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. |
| 22“But God draws the mighty away with His power; He rises up, but no man is sure of life. | 22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. |
| 23He gives them security, and they rely on it; Yet His eyes are on their ways. | 23Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways. |
| 24They are exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all others; They dry out like the heads of grain. | 24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. |
| 25“Now if it is not so, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?” | 25And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth? |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | King James Bible, text courtesy of BibleProtector.com. |
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