Job 24:5 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 24:5

Behold, as wild asses in the desert ,.... The word "as" is a supplement, and may be omitted, and the words be interpreted literally of wild asses, as they are by Sephorno, whose proper place is in the wilderness, to which they are used, and where their food is provided for them, and which they diligently seek for, for them and their young; and so the words may be descriptive of the place where the poor hide themselves, and of the company they are obliged to keep; but the Targum supplies... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 24:5

Rising betimes for a prey - The general sense here seems plain enough. There are some who live a lawless roaming life: make a predatory life their employment; for this purpose, frequent the wilderness, where they seize on and appropriate whatsoever they find, and by this method they and their families are supported. Mr. Good says: "The sense has never yet been understood by any commentator;" and hence he proposes a different division of the words, placing ערבה arabah , the desert or... 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 24:5

Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work . Plundering bands of wicked marauders scour the desert, like troops of wild asses, going forth early to their work, and late taking rest— rising betimes for a prey, and generally finding it, since the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. They are sure to find some plunder or other ere the day is over. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 24:5

Behold, as wild asses in the desert - In regard to the wild ass, see the notes at Job 6:5. Schultens, Good, Noyes, and Wemyss, understand this, not as referring to the haughty tyrants themselves, but to the oppressed and needy wretches whom they had driven from society, and compelled to seek a precarious subsistence, like the wild ass, in the desert. They suppose that the meaning is, that these outcasts go to their daily toil seeking roots and vegetables in the desert for a subsistence, like... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 24:5

Job 24:5. Behold, as wild asses Which are lawless and fierce, and greedy of prey; in the desert Which is the proper habitation of wild asses, Jeremiah 2:24: they go forth to their work These oppressors go forth to spoil and rob, which is their constant work and trade: rising betimes for the prey Beginning their work of plunder before the poor go to their daily labour. The wilderness yieldeth food for them They are so diligent and industrious in their wicked work, that they fetch... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Job 24:5

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 24:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Job 24:5

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Job 24:5

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