Job 24:2

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 24:2

Job 24:2. Some, &c. In proof that wicked persons prosper, he instances in two sorts of unrighteous people, whom all the world saw thriving in their iniquity: 1st, Tyrants, and those that did wrong under pretence of law and authority; and, 2d, Robbers and plunderers, that did wrong by downright force, as the bands of the Sabeans and Chaldeans, who had lately plundered him. Remove the landmark By which men’s lands are distinguished, and their properties secured, that so they may enlarge... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Job 24:1-25

Job’s reply to Eliphaz (23:1-24:25)Again Job says that he is not rebelling against God or running away from him as his friends claim. On the contrary he wants to meet God, so that he can present his case to him and listen to God’s answer (23:1-5). He is confident that God will declare him innocent of the charges people have made against him (6-7).No matter where Job has searched for God, he has not found him. He cannot see God, but God can see him. God knows he is upright, and one day, when... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Job 24:2

Some: i.e. the lawless men, whose various crimes are detailed in the following verses. landmarks. Compare Deuteronomy 19:14 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Job 24:2

A LIST OF EVIL DEEDS COMMITTED BY THE WICKED AGAINST OTHERS"There are that remove the landmarks;They violently take away flocks, and feed them.They drive away the ass of the fatherless;They take the widow's ox for a pledge.They turn the needy out of the way;The poor of the earth all hide themselves.Behold, as wild asses in the desertThey go forth to their work, seeking food;The wilderness yieldeth them bread for their children.They cut their provender in the field;And they glean the vintage of... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 24:2

Job 24:2. And feed thereof— And him that feedeth them. So Heath, after the LXX. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 24:2

2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity ( :-). Some—the wicked. landmarks—boundaries between different pastures (Deuteronomy 19:14; Proverbs 22:28). 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 24:2

(2) Some remove the landmarks.—Now follows a description of the wrong-doings of various classes of men. The removal of landmarks was expressly provided against by the Mosaic Law (Deuteronomy 19:14; Deuteronomy 27:17).And feed thereof.—Rather, probably, feed them: i.e., pasture them, the more easy to do when the landmarks are so removed. 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

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