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Job 24:1

Job 24:1
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty,.... Which seems to be an inference deduced from what he had said in Job 23:14; that since all things are appointed by God, and his appointments are…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Why, 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 24:1-12

Job's friends had been very positive in it that they should soon see the fall of wicked people, how much soever they might prosper for a while. By no means, says Job; though times are not hidden from…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

This verse reads,

Why are not times appointed by the Almighty?

And why do they that know him not see his days?

By "times" and "days" Job means diets of assize for sitting in judgment and dispensing…