The Meaning of Job 24:22 Explained

Job 24:22

KJV: He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

YLT: And hath drawn the mighty by his power, He riseth, and none believeth in life.

Darby: He draweth also the mighty with his power; he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.

ASV: Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 24:22?

MEANING: What does Job 24:22 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 24:22 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 24:22?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

He draweth  also the mighty  with his power:  he riseth up,  and no [man] is sure  of life. 

What does Job 24:22 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 24:22 mean?

But God draws away the mighty with His power He rises up but no [man] is sure of life
וּמָשַׁ֣ךְ אַבִּירִ֣ים בְּכֹח֑וֹ יָ֝ק֗וּם וְֽלֹא־ יַאֲמִ֥ין בַּֽחַיִּֽין

וּמָשַׁ֣ךְ  But  God  draws  away 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָשַׁךְ  
Sense: to draw, drag, seize.
אַבִּירִ֣ים  the  mighty 
Parse: Adjective, masculine plural
Root: אַבִּיר  
Sense: mighty, valiant.
בְּכֹח֑וֹ  with  His  power 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: כֹּחַ 
Sense: strength, power, might.
יָ֝ק֗וּם  He  rises  up 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: קוּם 
Sense: to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up.
וְֽלֹא־  but  no  [man] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
יַאֲמִ֥ין  is  sure 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: אָמַן 
Sense: to support, confirm, be faithful.
בַּֽחַיִּֽין  of  life 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: חַי 
Sense: living, alive.

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