Job 24:23

[God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.

American Standard Version

In The King James Version

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.

In Context

22Yet [God] preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

24They are exalted; yet a little while, and they are gone; Yea, they are brought low, they are taken out of the way as all others, And are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.

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Cross References

Job 11:11For he knoweth false men: He seeth iniquity also, even though he consider it not.

Psalms 10:5His ways are firm at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight: As for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.

Psalms 11:4Jehovah is in his holy temple; Jehovah, his throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.

Proverbs 5:21For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

Proverbs 25:21If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.

Matthew Henry on Job 24:19-25

Ultimate Ruin of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 18 He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. 19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned. 20 The 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. 21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. 22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he… Read the whole commentary →

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