The Meaning of Job 24:1 Explained

Job 24:1

KJV: Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

YLT: Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

Darby: Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?

ASV: Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

Discover Job 24:1

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 24:1?

MEANING: What does Job 24:1 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 24:1 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 24:1?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Why, seeing times  are not hidden  from the Almighty,  do they that know  him not see  his days? 

What does Job 24:1 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 24:1-25 - Not Here, But Hereafter
Job laments that the times of punishment are not so explained by God, that those who know Him may see and understand His reasons. He then turns to describe the life of the ungodly, who do dark deeds with apparent impunity. A very sad catalogue of crimes follows. The oppression of the needy, the driving away of the ass of the fatherless, the taking of the widow's ox for a pledge, the frequenting of the wilderness, the plunder of caravans regardless of the claims of pity, the stealing of oil and wine from those who had labored to produce them, the murdering of the poor laboring man at the dawn, the commission of crimes at night-such are the iniquities which are described. And these crimes are still committed in so-called Christian lands. Wonderful that God should bear with us, but His long-suffering would fain lead men to repent. It is only after long forbearing and trial that He cuts down.
In his closing words, Job 24:18-21, Job quotes the opinion of his friends as to the condition of the ungodly, that they pass away swiftly as the waters, and are snapped as a branch of a tree. And, in opposition, he states his own view, Job 24:23-25, that they die in exalted positions, not by a painful and lingering death, but as corn in the maturity of the ear. This also is true. Wicked men do not always meet their deserts in this world. In the next world penalty is inevitable. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 24

1  Wickedness often goes unpunished
17  There is a secret judgment for the wicked

What do the individual words in Job 24:1 mean?

Why do from the Almighty not are hidden [Since] times - those who know Him see His days
מַדּ֗וּעַ מִ֭שַּׁדַּי לֹא־ נִצְפְּנ֣וּ עִתִּ֑ים [וידעו] (וְ֝יֹדְעָ֗יו) חָ֥זוּ ؟ יָמָֽיו

מַדּ֗וּעַ  Why  do 
Parse: Interrogative
Root: מַדּוּעַ  
Sense: why?, on what account?, wherefore?.
מִ֭שַּׁדַּי  from  the  Almighty 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: שַׁדַּי  
Sense: almighty, most powerful.
נִצְפְּנ֣וּ  are  hidden 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: צָפַן 
Sense: to hide, treasure, treasure or store up.
עִתִּ֑ים  [Since]  times 
Parse: Noun, common plural
Root: עֵת  
Sense: time.
[וידעו]  - 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
(וְ֝יֹדְעָ֗יו)  those  who  know  Him 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
חָ֥זוּ  see 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: חָזָה  
Sense: to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide.
؟ יָמָֽיו  His  days 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.

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