Job 24:1
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know Him see His days?
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
2There are that remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed them.
Cross References
Genesis 7:4For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I blot out from off the face of the earth.'
Genesis 18:20And the LORD said: 'Verily, the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and, verily, their sin is exceeding grievous.
Psalms 31:15(31-16) My times are in Thy hand; deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
Psalms 73:16And when I pondered how I might know this, it was wearisome in mine eyes;
Ecclesiastes 8:6For to every matter there is a time and judgment; for the evil of man is great upon him.
Isaiah 2:12For the LORD of hosts hath a day upon all that is proud and lofty, and upon all that is lifted up, and it shall be brought low;
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 →