Job 24:1
Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
In Context
2The landmarks are changed by evil men, they violently take away flocks, together with their keepers.
Cross References
Genesis 7:4For after seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, for the destruction of every living thing which I have made on the face of the earth.
Genesis 18:20And the Lord said, Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is very great, and their sin is very evil,
Psalms 31:15\31:14\But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.
Psalms 73:16When my thoughts were turned to see the reason of this, it was a weariness in my eyes;
Ecclesiastes 8:6For every purpose there is a time and a decision, because the sorrow of man is great in him.
Isaiah 2:12For the day of the Lord of armies is coming on all the pride of men, and on all who are high and lifted up;
Matthew Henry on Job 24:1
Job having by his complaints in the foregoing chapter given vent to his passion, and thereby gained some ease, breaks them off abruptly, and now applies himself to a further discussion of the doctrinal controversy between him and his friends concerning the prosperity of wicked people. That many live at ease who yet are ungodly and profane, and despise all the exercises of devotion, he had shown, ch. xxi. Now here he goes further, and shows that many who are mischievous to mankind, and live in open defiance to all… Read the whole commentary →