New Living Translation
Job 24:1
1“Why doesn’t the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment? Why must the godly wait for him in vain?
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 doesn’t the Almighty bring the wicked to judgment? Why must the godly wait for him in vain? 2Evil people steal land by moving the boundary markers. They steal livestock and put them in their own pastures. 3They take the orphan’s donkey and demand the widow’s ox as security for a loan.
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מַדּ֗וּעַ מִ֭שַּׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנ֣וּ עִתִּ֑ים וְ֝יֹדְעָ֗יו לֹא־חָ֥זוּ יָמָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 24:1
- Psalms 31:15My future is in your hands. Rescue me from those who hunt me down relentlessly.
- Ecclesiastes 3:17I said to myself, “In due season God will judge everyone, both good and bad, for all their deeds.”
- Ecclesiastes 8:6for there is a time and a way for everything, even when a person is in trouble.
- Ecclesiastes 9:11I have observed something else under the sun. The fastest runner doesn’t always win the race, and the strongest warrior doesn’t always win the battle. The wise sometimes go hungry, and the skillful are not necessarily wealthy. And those who are educated don’t always lead successful lives. It is all decided by chance, by being in the right place at the right time.
- Isaiah 60:22The smallest family will become a thousand people, and the tiniest group will become a mighty nation. At the right time, I, the Lord, will make it happen.”
- Daniel 2:21He controls the course of world events; he removes kings and sets up other kings. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the scholars.
- Luke 21:22For those will be days of God’s vengeance, and the prophetic words of the Scriptures will be fulfilled.
- Acts 1:7He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know.
- Acts 17:26From one man he created all the nations throughout the whole earth. He decided beforehand when they should rise and fall, and he determined their boundaries.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:1Now concerning how and when all this will happen, dear brothers and sisters, we don’t really need to write you.
- 1 Timothy 4:1Now the Holy Spirit tells us clearly that in the last times some will turn away from the true faith; they will follow deceptive spirits and teachings that come from demons.
- 1 Timothy 6:15For, At just the right time Christ will be revealed from heaven by the blessed and only almighty God, the King of all kings and Lord of all lords.
- 2 Peter 2:3In their greed they will make up clever lies to get hold of your money. But God condemned them long ago, and their destruction will not be delayed.
- 2 Peter 3:7And by the same word, the present heavens and earth have been stored up for fire. They are being kept for the day of judgment, when ungodly people will be destroyed.
- Psalms 9:10Those who know your name trust in you, for you, O Lord, do not abandon those who search for you.
- Psalms 36:10Pour out your unfailing love on those who love you; give justice to those with honest hearts.
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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