Job 24:1
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Job 24:1 in other translations
| BSB | “Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days? |
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| WEB | “Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days? |
| ASV | Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days? |
| YLT | Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days. |
| DARBY | Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days? |
| BBE | Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days? |
| Webster | Why, seeing times are not hid from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? |
What does Job 24:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
Job asserts that there are various transgressors whose wickedness is not visited on them in this life; and particularizes the adjust and oppressive, Job 24:1-6; those who are cruel to the poor, Job 24:7-13; the murderer, Job 24:14; the adulterer, Job 24:15; thieves and plunderers, Job 24:16, Job 24:17. Nevertheless they have an accursed portion, and shall die, and their memory perish, Job 24:18-20. He speaks of the abuse of power, and of the punishment of oppressors, Job 24:21-24; and asserts that what he has said on these subjects cannot be contradicted, Job 24:25. Verse 1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty - Mr. Good translates: "Wherefore are not doomsdays kept by the Almighty, so that his offenders may eye their periods?" Doomsdays are here used in the same sense as term times; and the wish is, that God would appoint such times that the falsely accused might look forward to them with comfort; knowing that, on their arrival, they should have a fair hearing, and their innocence be publicly declared; and their detractors, and the unjust in general, meet with their deserts. But God reserves the knowledge of these things to himself. "The holy patriarch," says Mr. Good, "has uniformly admitted that in the aggregate scale of Providence the just are rewarded and the wicked punished for their respective deeds, in some period or other of their lives. But he has contended in various places, and especially in Job 21:7-13, that the exceptions to this general rule are numerous: so numerous, as to be sufficient to render the whole scheme of providential interposition perfectly mysterious and incomprehensible, Job 23:8-12; so in the passage before us: if the retribution ye speak of be universal, and which I am ready to admit to a certain extent to be true and unquestionable, I not only ask, Why do the just ever suffer in the midst of their righteousness? but, Why do not the wicked see such retribution displayed before their eyes by stated judgments, so that they may at one and the same time know and tremble?"Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 24:1-12
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Job 24:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 24:1
- Acts 1:7
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
- 2 Peter 3:7-8
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
- Ecclesiastes 8:6-7
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
- Psalms 36:10
O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
- Matthew 24:38
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
- Psalms 73:16-19
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end. Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
- Daniel 2:21
And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
- Jeremiah 12:1-3
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. But thou, O Lord, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- Isaiah 60:22
A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
- Isaiah 2:12
For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
- 1 Timothy 6:15
Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
17 There is a secret judgment for the wicked.
seeing.
Ps 31:15; Ec 3:17; 8:6,7; 9:11,12; Isa 60:22; Da 2:21; Lu 21:22-24
Ac 1:7; 17:26; 1Th 5:1; 1Ti 4:1; 6:15; 2Pe 2:3; 3:7,8
they that know.
Ps 9:10; 36:10; Joh 17:3
not see.
Ge 7:4; 18:17,20,21; Ps 73:16-19; Jer 12:1-3; Mt 24:38; Ro 2:5
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Context
- Job 24:1
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
- Job 24:2
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
Job 24:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | PUESTO que no son ocultos los tiempos al Todopoderoso, ¿por qué los que le conocen no ven sus días? |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Pourquoi des temps ne sont-ils pas réservés par-devers le Tout-puissant, et ceux qui le connaissent ne voient-ils pas ses jours? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Warum sind nicht Zeiten aufgespart von dem Allmächtigen, und warum sehen die, welche ihn kennen, seine Tage nicht? |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Ab Omnipotente non sunt abscondita tempora: qui autem noverunt eum, ignorant dies illius. |