Job 24:1
“Why doesn't the Almighty set a definite time to punish the wicked? Why do those who follow him never see him act in judgment?
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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
Cross References
Genesis 7:4In seven days I'm going to make it rain for forty days and nights. I'm going to wipe out from the surface of the earth all the living creatures I made.”
Genesis 18:20Then the Lord said, “There are many complaints made against Sodom and Gomorrah because they sin so blatantly.
Psalms 31:15My whole life is in your hands! Save me from those who hate me and persecute me!
Psalms 73:16So I thought about it and tried to understand, but it looked like a lot of hard work to me—
Ecclesiastes 8:6For there's a right time and a right way for everything, even when things are going badly for you.
Isaiah 2:12The Lord has set aside a day when he will deal with the proud and arrogant. He will end all self-glorification, bringing it down.
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 →