Job 24:3

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 24:3

take . . . for a pledge. Compare Job 24:9 and Deuteronomy 24:6 , Deuteronomy 24:17 . Amos 2:8 . read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 24:3

3. pledge—alluding to :-. Others really do, and with impunity, that which Eliphaz falsely charges the afflicted Job with. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Job 24:1-25

2. Job’s third reply to Eliphaz chs. 23-24Job temporarily ignored Eliphaz’s groundless charges of sin and proceeded to reflect on the problem of God’s injustice."The first part of this speech is superb. The option placed before Job by Eliphaz has clarified his thinking. He has come to quite different conclusions, and he expresses them in a soliloquy, for he does not appear to be addressing either Eliphaz or God." [Note: Andersen, p. 207.] read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Job 24:1-25

Job’s Seventh Speech (concluded)1-25. Job continues to express his perplexity at the ways of Providence in the ordering of the world. The poor and the weak suffer; violence and wrong go unpunished.1. Render, ’Why are times not laid up’ (i.e. set apart for doing justice) ’by the Almighty, and why do not those who know Him see His days?’ The last clause means, Why do not the godly see signs of divine retribution?2-12. Those who commit open violent crimes are left unpunished. 2. Remove the... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Job 24:3

(3) They drive away the ass.—The ass and the ox, the fatherless and the widow presumably having no more than one. He first describes the oppression of the country, and then that of the city (Job 24:12). We seem here to catch a glimpse of the sufferings of some oppressed and subject aboriginal race, such as the Canaanites may have been to the Jews, though there is probably no allusion to them. But, at all events, the writer and the speaker seem to have been familiar with some such abject and... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Job 24:1-25

Job 24:8 In his Week on the Concord (Tuesday), Thoreau quotes this passage from Belknap, the historian of the State, upon the mountains and the rain: 'In the mountainous parts of the country the ascent of vapours, and their formation into clouds, is a curious and entertaining object. The vapours are seen rising in small columns like smoke from many chimneys. When risen to a certain height, they spread, meet, condense, and are attracted to the mountains where they either distil in gentle dews,... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Job 24:1-25

XX.WHERE IS ELOAH?Job 23:1-17; Job 24:1-25Job SPEAKSTHE obscure couplet with which Job begins appears to involve some reference to his whole condition alike of body and mind."Again today, my plaint, my rebellion! The hand upon me is heavier than my groanings."I must speak of my trouble and you will count it rebellion. Yet, if I moan and sigh, my pain and weariness are more than excuse. The crisis of faith is with him, a protracted misery, and hope hangs trembling in the balance. The false... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Job 24:1-25

CHAPTERS 23-24 Job’s Reply 1. O that I knew where I may find Him (Job 23:1-8 ) 2. Trusting yet doubting (Job 23:10-17 ) 3. Hath God failed? (Job 24:1-12 ) 4. Job’s further testimony as to the wicked (Job 24:13-25 ) Job 23:1-9 . Job here does not disprove at once the false charges of Eliphaz. He can afford to wait till later, till their mouths are completely silenced. Then he speaks the final word. He acknowledgeth that he is still rebellious. His hand which is upon him is heavier than... read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Job 24:1-25

DOES GOD FAIL TO GOVERN PROPERLY? (vv.1-12) "Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? Why do not they who know Him see His days?" (v.1 - JND trans.) Job wonders why God (who is Almighty) does not take account of all that takes place in time, and why those who know Him do not witness on His part any serious dealing with gross evil when it is present. For, he says, "Some remove landmarks," thereby stealing land from others; they violently steal flocks of sheep and feed on them; "they... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Job 24:1-25

THIRD SERIES OF THE DEBATE 1. With Eliphaz (chaps. 22-24) a. Speech of Eliphaz (chap. 22) b. Reply of Job (chaps. 23-24) 2. With Bildad (chaps. 25-26) a. Speech of Bildad (chap. 25) b. Reply of Job (chap. 26) 3. With Zophar (chaps. 27-31) a. Continuation of the reply of Job (chaps. 27-31) The last speech Eliphaz makes, chapter 22, is a grand effort to refute Job based upon the latter’s appeal to facts. There is more severity in it than he has shown before. He charges Job with cruelty,... read more