Job 24:1
Wherefore, since from the Almighty times are not hid, have, his knowing ones, no vision of his days?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
2Boundaries, men move back, flocks, they seize and consume;
Cross References
Genesis 7:4For in seven days more, I, am sending rain on the earth, forty days and forty nights,—so will I wipe out all the living things which I have made, from off the face of the ground.
Genesis 18:20So Yahweh said, The outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah, because it hath become great,—And their sin, because it hath become exceeding grievous,
Psalms 31:15In thy hand, are my times, Rescue me from the hand of my foes and from my pursuers!
Psalms 73:16When I reasoned, that I might understand this, A vexation, it was in mine eyes:
Ecclesiastes 8:6For, to every pursuit, there is a time and a manner,—when, the vexation of man, is great concerning it.
Isaiah 2:12For, a day of Yahweh of hosts, [shall be] —Upon every one who is high and lofty,—And upon every one who is lifted up, And he 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 →