Christian Standard Bible
Job 24:1
1Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why do those who know him never see his days?
Job 24:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
- New International Version (NIV)“Why does the Almighty not set times for judgment? Why must those who know him look in vain for such days?
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Why are not times of judgment kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Since times are not hidden from the Almighty, Why do those who know Him see not His days?
Context of Job 24:1
Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why do those who know him never see his days? 2The wicked displace boundary markers. They steal a flock and provide pasture for it. 3They drive away the donkeys owned by the fatherless and take the widow’s ox as collateral.
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מַדּ֗וּעַ מִ֭שַּׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנ֣וּ עִתִּ֑ים וְ֝יֹדְעָ֗יו לֹא־חָ֥זוּ יָמָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 24:1
- Psalms 31:15The course of my life is in your power; rescue me from the power of my enemies and from my persecutors.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every work.”
- Ecclesiastes 8:6For every activity there is a right time and procedure, even though a person’s troubles are heavy on him.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11Again I saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, or the battle to the strong, or bread to the wise, or riches to the discerning, or favor to the skillful; rather, time and chance happen to all of them.
- Isaiah 60:22The least will become a thousand, the smallest a mighty nation. I am the Lord; I will accomplish it quickly in its time.
- Daniel 2:21He changes the times and seasons; he removes kings and establishes kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.
- Luke 21:22because these are days of vengeance to fulfill all the things that are written.
- Acts 1:7He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.
- Acts 17:26From one man he has made every nationality to live over the whole earth and has determined their appointed times and the boundaries of where they live.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1About the times and the seasons: Brothers and sisters, you do not need anything to be written to you.
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
- 1 Timothy 6:15God will bring this about in his own time. He is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings, and the Lord of lords,
- 2 Peter 2:3They will exploit you in their greed with made-up stories. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.
- 2 Peter 3:7By the same word, the present heavens and earth are stored up for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.
- Psalms 9:10Those who know your name trust in you because you have not abandoned those who seek you, Lord.
- Psalms 36:10Spread your faithful love over those who know you, and your righteousness over the upright in heart.
Commentaries on Job 24:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1Why, 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1Why, seeing times are not hidden froth the Almighty - Dr. Good renders this, “Wherefore are not doomdays kept by the Almighty. So that his offenders may eye his periods?” Dr. Noyes: “Why are not times of punishment reserved by the Almighty. And why do not they, who regard him, see his judgments?” Jerome, “Times are not hidden from the Almighty; but they who know him are ignorant of his days.” The Septuagint, “But why have set times - ̔͂ hōrai escaped the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Wickedness often unpunished. (1-12) The wicked shun the light. (13-17) Judgements for the wicked. (18-25) Verses 1-12 Job discourses further about the prosperity of the wicked. That many live at ease who are ungodly and profane, he had showed, ch. xxi. Here he shows that many who live in open defiance of all the laws of justice, succeed in wicked practices; and we do not see them reckoned with in this world. He notices those that do wrong under pretence…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1reserve times: God sets times for judgment (Ecclesiastes 3:17; 8:6; Daniel 2:21; Luke 21:22–24). But we do not know when they are (Acts 1:7). He will reveal them at the right time (1 Thessalonians 5:1–28; 1 Timothy 6:15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-25Job 24:1-25. 1. Why is it that, seeing that the times of punishment (Eze 30:3; "time" in the same sense) are not hidden from the Almighty, they who know Him (His true worshippers, Job 18:21) do not see His days (of vengeance; Joe 1:15; 2Pe 3:10)? Or, with Umbreit less simply, making the parallel clauses more nicely balanced, Why are not times of punishment hoarded up ("laid up"; Job 21:19; appointed) by the Almighty? that is, Why are they not so appointed…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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