Job 24:23

He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes [are] on their ways.

Young's Literal Translation

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

22And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.

24High they were [for] a little, and they are not, And they have been brought low. As all [others] they are shut up, And as the head of an ear of corn cut off.

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Cross References

Job 11:11For he hath known men of vanity, And He seeth iniquity, And one doth not consider [it]!

Psalms 10:5Pain do his ways at all times, On high [are] Thy judgments before him, All his adversaries — he puffeth at them.

Psalms 11:4'Jehovah [is] in his holy temple: Jehovah — in the heavens [is] His throne. His eyes see — His eyelids try the sons of men.

Proverbs 5:21For over-against the eyes of Jehovah are the ways of each, And all his paths He is pondering.

Proverbs 25:21If he who is hating thee doth hunger, cause him to eat bread, And if he thirst, cause him to drink water.

Ecclesiastes 8:11Because sentence hath not been done [on] an evil work speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of man is full within 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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