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They drive away the donkey of the fatherless; they 1take the widow's ox for a pledge.
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Behold, like wild donkeys in the desert the poora4go out to their toil, 5seeking game; the wasteland yields food for their children.
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They gather theirb fodder in the field, and they glean the vineyard of the wicked man.
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They 6lie all night naked, without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
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They are wet with the rain of the mountains and 7cling to the rock for lack of shelter.
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(There are those who snatch the fatherless child from the breast, and they take a pledge against the poor.)
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They go about naked, without clothing; hungry, they 8carry the sheaves;
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among the olive rows of the wickedc they make oil; they tread the winepresses, but suffer thirst.
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From out of the city the dying groan, and the soul of 9the wounded cries for help; yet God charges no one with 10wrong.
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"There are those who rebel 11against the light, who are not acquainted with its ways, and do not stay in its paths.
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The murderer rises before it is light, that he 12may kill the poor and needy, and in the night he is like a thief.
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The eye of the adulterer also waits for 13the twilight, saying, 'No 14eye will see me'; and he veils his face.
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In the dark they 15dig through houses; by day they shut themselves up; they do not know the light.
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For 16deep darkness is morning to all of them; for they are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.
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"You say, 17'Swift are they on the face of the waters; their portion is cursed in the land; no treader turns toward their vineyards.
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Drought and heat snatch away the snow waters; so does 18Sheol those who have sinned.
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The womb forgets them; the worm finds them sweet; they are 19no longer remembered, so wickedness is broken like 20a tree.'
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"They wrong the barren, childless woman, and do no good to the widow.
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Yet Godd prolongs the life of the mighty by his power; they rise up when they despair of life.
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He gives them security, and they are supported, and his 21eyes are upon their ways.
Almeida Atualizada (Portuguese) AA
Jó 24:3
Levam o jumento do órfão, tomam em penhor o boi da viúva.
King James Version KJV
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