Job 24:1-25

JOB—NOTE ON JOB 24:1 Job wishes that God’s plans for the world and for Job would be more apparent. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]

Job 24:2-12

JOB—NOTE ON JOB 24:2 Job describes the injustices of the wicked (vv. Job 24:2) and the effects of the injustices on their victims (vv. Job 24:5). He concludes that God ignores these evils (v. Job 24:12). For a very different conclusion, see Lamentations 3:31. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 24:13-17

JOB—NOTE ON JOB 24:13 Job describes people who oppose wisdom and righteousness as THOSE WHO REBEL AGAINST THE LIGHT. Their reversal of the typical times of sleep and activity (DEEP DARKNESS has become MORNING) shows that they DO NOT KNOW THE LIGHT and instead have chosen to become FRIENDS WITH THE T... [ Continue Reading ]

Job 24:18-20

JOB—NOTE ON JOB 24:18 Job restates his friends’ assertions to show that they seem to ignore the actual state of affairs on earth. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]

Job 24:21

JOB—NOTE ON JOB 24:21 Job notes the prevalence of injustice to the BARREN, CHILDLESS WOMAN and the WIDOW. The care of such helpless people was an important part of the law (see Exodus 22:21; Deuteronomy 24:17), and yet it seems as though God is not judging those guilty of such injustice. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ [ Continue Reading ]

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