Job 24:22-23 KJV

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:23

Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth ; rather, he ( i.e. God ) granteth him to be in security ' and thereon he resteth ; i.e. God allows the escape of the wicked man from his trouble, and lets him live on, safe and secure, and the man himself rests on the security thus afforded him, quite contented with it. Yet his eyes are upon their ways. God's eyes are still upon the ways of the wicked: they are, or seem to be, the objects of a special providential... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Job 24:23-24

The prosperity of the wicked unsolved. In the midst of many apparent anomalies in the method of the Divine dealing with evil-doing, there shines out one obvious indication of the Divine judgment against the evil-doer. "They are exalted for a little while," but suddenly they "are gone and brought low." Patiently the good Ruler waits, giving opportunity for repentance and amendment; but if the wicked return not, he will bend his bow and make ready his arrow upon the string. Iniquity shall not... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 24:22

He draweth also the mighty with his power - The word here rendered draweth (משׁך mâshak), means to draw; and then, to lay hold of, to take, to take away, and, hence, to remove, to destroy; Psalms 28:3; Ezekiel 22:20. The idea here seems to be, that his acts of oppression and cruelty were not confined to the poor and the defenseless. Even the great and the mighty were also exposed, and he spared none. No one was safe, and no rights could be regarded as secure. The character here described is... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 24:23

Though it be given him to be in safety - That is, God gives him safety. The name God is often understood, or not expressed. The meaning is, that God gives this wicked man, or oppressor, safety. He is permitted to live a life of security and tranquility.Whereon he resteth - Or, rather, “And he is sustained, or upheld” - (וישׁען veyshâ‛an). The meaning is, that he is sustained or upheld by God.Yet his eyes are upon their ways - “And the eyes of God are upon the ways of such men.” That is, God... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 24:22

Job 24:22. He draweth also the mighty with his power He draweth into his net, as Psalms 10:9, or to his party, to assist and serve him in his enterprises, those who are mighty in place, or wealth, or power; he practiseth upon these as well as upon the poor: he riseth up Namely, against any man, as the same word קום , kum, is rendered, Psalms 18:39; Psalms 44:5. When he sets himself against a man and resolves to destroy him, no man is sure of life None of them, whom he so opposes, can... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 24:23

Job 24:23. Though it be given him Namely, of God; to be in safety That is, Though God granteth to the oppressor to be for a time in apparent safety, and to live a comfortable life; whereon he resteth His former experience of God’s long-suffering makes him confident of the continuance of it, so that he is not only happy in his present enjoyments, but also in his freedom from distracting fears of future miseries; yet his eyes are upon their ways That is, the eyes of God, who, although... 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

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Job 24:22

Job 24:22. He draweth also the mighty with his power— He oppresseth the poor: he trusteth in his own power; but he shall have no confidence of his own life. Houb. But Heath renders it, Though he drew together the mighty for his support, yet should he be in perpetual alarms; he should scarcely think his life in safety. Job 24:23. Though he should imagine himself to be in security, and should rely on it, yet should his eyes be on their ways. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Job 24:22

22-25. Reply of Job to the opinion of the friends. Experience proves the contrary. Translate: "But He (God) prolongeth the life of (literally, draweth out at length; Psalms 36:10, Margin) the mighty with His (God's) power. He (the wicked) riseth up (from his sick bed) although he had given up hope of (literally, when he no longer believed in) life" (Psalms 36:10- :). read more