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Job 24

Introduction

1  Wickedness often goes unpunished.
17  There is a secret judgment for the wicked.
Verse 1

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
seeing
Psalms 31:15, Ecclesiastes 3:17, 8:6,7, 9:11,12, Isaiah 60:22, Daniel 2:21, Luke 21:22-24, Acts 1:7, 17:26, 1 Thessalonians 5:1, 1 Timothy 4:1, 6:15, 2 Peter 2:3, 3:7,8
they that know
Psalms 9:10, 36:10, John 17:3
not see
Genesis 7:4, 18:17,20,21, Psalms 73:16-19, Jeremiah 12:1-3, Matthew 24:38, Romans 2:5
Verse 2

Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
landmarks
Deuteronomy 19:14, 27:17, Proverbs 22:28, 23:10, Hosea 5:10
violently
1:15,17, 5:5
feed thereof
or, feed them.
Verse 3

They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
drive
22:6-9, 31:16,17, Deuteronomy 24:6,10-13,17-21, 1 Samuel 12:3
Verse 4

They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
turn
14, 31:16, Psalms 109:16, Proverbs 22:16, 30:14, Isaiah 10:2, Ezekiel 18:12,18, 22:29, Amos 2:7, 8:4-6, Micah 2:1,2
hide
Proverbs 28:12,28, James 5:4-6
Verse 5

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
wild asses
39:5-7, Jeremiah 2:24, Hosea 8:9
rising
14, Proverbs 4:16, Hosea 7:6, Micah 2:1, Zephaniah 3:3, John 18:28, Acts 23:12
the wilderness
5:5, 12:6, Genesis 16:12, 27:40
Verse 6

They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
They reap
Deuteronomy 28:33,51, Judges 6:3-6, Micah 6:15
corn
Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge. they gather, etc. Heb. the wicked gather the vintage.
Verse 7

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
the naked
10, 22:6, 31:19,20, Exodus 22:26,27, Deuteronomy 24:11-13, Isaiah 58:7, Acts 9:31
no covering
Genesis 31:40, Proverbs 31:21; *marg:
Verse 8

They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
wet
Song of Solomon 5:2
embrace
Lamentations 4:5, Hebrews 11:38
Verse 9

They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
2 Kings 4:1, Nehemiah 5:5
Verse 10

They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
they take away
Deuteronomy 24:19, Amos 2:7,8, 5:11,12
Verse 11

Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Deuteronomy 25:4, Jeremiah 22:13, James 5:4
Verse 12

Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
groan
Exodus 1:13,14, 2:23,24, 22:27, Judges 10:16, Psalms 12:5, Ecclesiastes 4:1, Isaiah 52:5
wounded
Psalms 69:26, 109:22
yet God
Psalms 50:21, Ecclesiastes 8:11,12, Malachi 2:17, 3:15, Romans 2:4,5, 2 Peter 3:15
Verse 13

They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
rebel
Luke 12:47,48, John 3:19,20, 9:39-41, 15:22-24, Romans 1:32, 2:17-24, James 4:17
they know
Proverbs 4:19, John 12:35,40, Romans 3:11-17, 2 Thessalonians 2:10-12
nor abide
23:11,12, John 8:31,44, 15:6, 2 Peter 2:20-22, 1 John 2:19, Jude 1:6
Verse 14

The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
murderer
2 Samuel 11:14-17, Psalms 10:8-10, Micah 2:1,2, Ephesians 5:7-11
in the night
Luke 12:39, 1 Thessalonians 5:2, Revelation 3:3
Verse 15

The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.
eye
Exodus 20:14, 2 Samuel 11:4-13, 12:12, Psalms 50:18, Proverbs 6:32-35, 7:9,10
No eye
22:13,14, Psalms 10:11, 73:11, 94:7, Ezekiel 8:12, 9:9
disguiseth his face
Heb. setteth his face in secret. Or, "putteth a covering on his face;" probably the hood of the burnoose, or cloak, which the Arabs sometimes throw over their other garments.
Genesis 38:14,15
Verse 16

In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
In the dark
Exodus 22:2,3, Ezekiel 12:5-7,12, Matthew 24:43
they know
13, 38:12,13, John 3:20, Ephesians 5:11-13
Verse 17

For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
in the terrors
3:5, Psalms 73:18,19, Jeremiah 2:26, 2 Corinthians 5:10,11, Revelation 6:16,17
Verse 18

He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
swift
Psalms 58:7, 73:18-20, Isaiah 23:10
their portion
Deuteronomy 28:16-20, Psalms 69:22, Proverbs 3:33, Malachi 2:2
Verse 19

Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
Drought
6:15-17
consume
Heb. violently take. so doth.
21:23,32-34, Psalms 49:14, 58:8,9, 68:2, Proverbs 14:32, Ecclesiastes 9:4-6, Luke 12:20, Luke 16:22
Verse 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.
the worm
17:14, 19:26
he shall be
Proverbs 10:7, Ecclesiastes 8:10, Isaiah 26:14
wickedness
14:7-10, 18:16,17, Daniel 4:14, Matthew 3:10
Verse 21

He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
evil
1 Samuel 1:6,7
doeth not
3, 29:13, 31:16-18
Verse 22

He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
draweth
Esther 3:8-10, Daniel 6:4-9, John 19:12-16, Revelation 16:13,14, 17:2
no man is sure of life
or, he trusteth not his own life.
Verse 23

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
it be given
Psalms 73:3-12, Jeremiah 12:1-3
whereon
Ecclesiastes 8:11, Isaiah 10:8-11, 56:12, Luke 12:16-20,45, 1 Thessalonians 5:3
yet his eyes
Psalms 10:13,14, 11:4,5, Proverbs 5:21, 15:3, 25:21-23, Ecclesiastes 5:8, Amos 8:7, 9:2, Habakkuk 1:13, Revelation 2:23
Verse 24

They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
are exalted
20:5, Psalms 37:10,35,36, 73:19, 92:7, James 1:11, 5:1-3
gone
Heb. not.
8:22; *marg:
taken out
Heb. closed up. cut off.
Isaiah 17:5,6, Revelation 14:14-20
Verse 25

And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
who will make
9:24, 11:2,3, 15:2

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