Job 24:1-17 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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 24:13-17

These verses describe another sort of sinners who therefore go unpunished, because they go undiscovered. They rebel against the light, Job 24:13. Some understand it figuratively: they sin against the light of nature, the light of God's law, and that of their own consciences; they profess to know God, but they rebel against the knowledge they have of him, and will not be guided and governed, commanded and controlled, by it. Others understand it literally: they have the day-light and choose the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:1

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty ,.... Which seems to be an inference deduced from what he had said in Job 23:14 ; that since all things are appointed by God, and his appointments are punctually performed by him, the times of his carrying his purposes and decrees into execution cannot be hidden from him; for, as he has determined what shall be done, he has determined the time before appointed for the doing of them; as there is a purpose for everything under the heavens,... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:3

They drive away the ass of the fatherless ,.... Who are left destitute of friends, and have none to take care of them, and provide for them; and who having one ass to carry their goods for them from place to place, or to ride upon, which though a creature of no great worth, yet of some usefulness, this they drove away from its pasture, or however from its right owner; and who having but one, it was the more cruel and inhuman to take it from him, see, 2 Samuel 12:3 ; they take the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:4

They turn the needy out of the way ,.... Either, in a moral sense, out of the right way, the way of righteousness and truth, by their bad examples, or by their threatenings or flatteries; or, in a civil sense, out of the way of their livelihood, by taking that from them by which they got it; or, in a literal sense, obliging them to turn out of the way from them, in a supercilious and haughty manner, or causing them, through fear of them, to get out of the way, that they might not meet them,... 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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:6

They reap everyone his corn in the field ,.... Not the poor, who are obliged to reap the corn of the wicked for them without any wages, as some; but rather the wicked reap the corn of the poor; they are so insolent and impudent, that they do not take the corn out of their barns by stealth, but while it is standing in the field; they come openly and reap it down, as if it was their own, without any fear of God or men: it is observed, that the word F11 בלילו "migma suum", Bolducius;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:7

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing ,.... That is, such as are poorly clothed, thinly arrayed, have scarce anything but rags, and yet so cruel the wicked men above described, that they take these away from the poor, and even their bed clothes, which seem chiefly designed; so that they are obliged to lodge or lie all night without anything upon them: that they have no covering in the cold ; neither in the daytime, nor in the night, and especially the latter; and having no... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:8

They are wet with the showers of the mountains ,.... They that are without any clothes to cover them, lying down at the bottom of a hill or mountain, where the clouds often gather, and there break, or the snow at the top of them melts through the heat of the day; and whether by the one or by the other, large streams of water run down the mountains, and the naked poor, or such who are thinly clothed, are all over wet therewith, as Nebuchadnezzar's body was with the dew of heaven, when he was... read more

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Job 24:13-17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:1

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:4

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Job 24:8

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