Job 24:1
The times are not hidden from the Almighty; even those who know him, do not know his days.
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
2Some have crossed the boundaries, plundered the flocks, and given them pasture.
Cross References
Genesis 7:4For from that point, and after seven days, I will rain upon the earth for forty days and forty nights. And I will wipe away every substance that I have made, from the surface of the earth.”
Genesis 18:20And so the Lord said, “The outcry from Sodom and Gomorrah has been multiplied, and their sin has become exceedingly grievous.
Psalms 73:16Yours is the day, and yours is the night. You have made the morning light and the sun.
Ecclesiastes 8:6For every matter, there is a time and an opportunity, as well as many difficulties, for man.
Isaiah 2:12For the day of the Lord of hosts will prevail over all the proud and self-exalted, and over all the arrogant, and each one shall be humbled,
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 →