Job 24:2 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 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 the Almighty, yet those that know him do not presently see his day, Job 24:1. 1. He takes it for granted that times are not hidden from the Almighty; past times are not hidden from his judgment (Eccl. 3:15), present times are not hidden from his providence (Matt. 10:29), future times are not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:2

Some remove the landmarks ,.... Anciently set to distinguish one man's land from another, to secure property, and preserve from encroachments; but some were so wicked as either secretly in the night to remove them, or openly to do it, having power on their side, pretending they were wrongly located; this was not only prohibited by the law of God, and pronounced an accursed thing, Deuteronomy 19:14 ; but was reckoned so before the law was given, being known to be such by the light of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 24:2

Some remove the landmarks - Stones or posts were originally set up to ascertain the bounds of particular estates: and this was necessary in open countries, before hedges and fences were formed. Wicked and covetous men often removed the landmarks or termini, and set them in on their neighbors' ground, that, by contracting their boundaries, they might enlarge their own. The law of Moses denounces curses on those who remove their neighbors' landmarks. See Deuteronomy 19:14 ; Deuteronomy... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:1-12

Job to Eliphaz: 4. An answer wanted to a great question' I. AS IMPORTANT PROPOSITION STATED . That the Almighty does not call wicked men before his tribunal on earth. "Why are not times," i.e. of reckoning or punishment, "reserved," or kept in store, "by the Almighty, and why do they who know him see not his days?" i.e. his doomsdays, or days of judicial visitation on the wicked (verse 1). 1 . A caution. The language does not imply either that there should not be, or that... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:1-12

Examples of God's incomprehensible dealings. I. DEEDS OF VIOLENCE AND FRAUD . ( Job 24:1-4 .) "Why are not times laid up," i.e. reserved, determined by the Almighty, "and why do those who know him ( i.e. his friends) not see his days?"—the days when he arises to judgment, days of revelation, days of the Son of man ( Ezekiel 30:3 ; Luke 17:22 ). Then comes a series of acts of violence, oppression, persecution, permitted by God the removal of landmarks ( Deuteronomy 19:14 ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:1-22

Apparent anomalies in the Divine judgment. Job again points to the anomalous conditions of human life—goodness, which has its approval in every breast, and on which, by universal consent of belief, a Divine blessing rests, is nevertheless often overcast with the shadow of calamity; and, on the other hand, evil-doing, which merits only judgment, affliction, and correction, is often found to prosper. To it outward events seem to be favourable. Men sin without let or hindrance. Apparently,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:1-25

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:2

Some remove the landmarks . (On this form of wickedness, see Deuteronomy 19:14 ; Deuteronomy 27:17 ; Proverbs 22:28 ; Proverbs 23:10 ; Hosea 5:10 .) Where neighbouring properties are not divided by fences of any kind, as in the East generally, the only way of distinguishing between one man's land and another's is by termini, or "landmarks," which are generally low stone metes or bourns, placed at intervals on the boundary-line. An easy form of robbery was to displace these bourns,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:2

Removing the landmarks. This was an old offence under the Jewish Law ( Deuteronomy 19:14 ). Here it appears first in a list of unjust actions. It introduces us to questions concerning the ethics of property. I. PRIVATE PROPERTY IS RECOGNIZED BY SCRIPTURE . We cannot say that this indubitable fact is a complete answer to the proposals of the socialist, because it is not the function of revelation to determine social systems. It comes in to regulate our conduct under existing... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 24:2

Some remove the land-marks - Landmarks are pillars or stones set up to mark the boundaries of a farm. To remove them, by carrying them on to the land of another, was an act of dishonesty and robbery - since it was only by marks that the extent of a man’s property could be known. Fences were uncommon; the art of surveying was not well understood, and deeds describing land were probably unknown also, and their whole dependence, therefore, was on the stones that were erected to mark the boundaries... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 24:1-12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 24:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:1-12

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:2

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 24:2

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