Job 24:1

Job: Judgment for the Wicked · Job 24:1–25
Read Job 24

Translations

Modern
“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?
Traditional
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Literal
“ Why from Shaddai are the times not hidden away, and those knowing Him, they have not seen His days?
Latin
Ab Omnipotente non sunt abscondita tempora: qui autem noverunt eum, ignorant dies illius.

Original

Hebrew
English
“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?

Notes

reserve times: God sets times for judgment (Ecclesiastes 3:17; 8:6; Daniel 2:21; Luke 21:22–24). But we do not know when they are (Acts 1:7). He will reveal them at the right time (1 Thessalonians 5:1–28; 1 Timothy 6:15).

Events

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Book of Job

Topics

God: Knowledge of God: Providence of, Mysterious and Misinterpreted Homicide: Felonious, or Murder Iron: First Recorded Use of Pen Job: A Man Who Lived in Uz: Complaints of, and Replies by his Three Friends To