Job 24:22
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
Job 24:22 in other translations
| BSB | Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life. |
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| WEB | Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life. |
| ASV | Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life. |
| YLT | And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life. |
| DARBY | He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. |
| BBE | But God by his power gives long life to the strong; he gets up again, though he has no hope of life. |
| Webster | He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. |
What does Job 24:22 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 24:2-25
2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24). Some--the wicked. landmarks--boundaries between different pastures (De 19:14; Pr 22:28).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 24:18-25
Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties and oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears of corn as they come to hand. There will often appear much to resemble the wrong view of Providence Job takes in this chapter. But we are taught by the word of inspiration, that these…
Job 24:22 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 24:22
- Daniel 6:4-9
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. …
- John 19:12-16
And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar. When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, Behold your King! But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cesar. …
- Revelation 16:13-14
And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet. For they are the spirits of devils, working miracles, which go forth unto the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them to the battle of that great day of God Almighty.
- Esther 3:8-10
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king’s laws: therefore it is not for the king’s profit to suffer them. If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries. And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it unto Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
- Revelation 17:2
With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.
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Context
- Job 24:21
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
- Job 24:22
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
- Job 24:23
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
Job 24:22 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas á los fuertes adelantó con su poder: levantóse, y no se da por segura la vida. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et par leur force ils traînent les puissants; ils se lèvent et on n’est plus sûr de sa vie. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und Mächtige rafft er dahin durch seine Kraft; steht er auf, so getraut man sich nicht des Lebens. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Detraxit fortes in fortitudine sua, et cum steterit, non credet vitæ suæ. |