Job 24:23
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth, yet His eyes are upon their ways.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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
22He draweth away the mighty also by his power; he riseth up, and he trusteth not his own life.
Cross References
Job 11:11For He knoweth base men; and when He seeth iniquity, will He not then consider it?
Psalms 10:5His ways prosper at all times; Thy judgments are far above out of his sight; as for all his adversaries, he puffeth at them.
Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD, 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 the LORD, and He maketh even 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 →