Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Job 24:1

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1. Why is it that, seeing that the times of punishment ( Ezekiel 30:3 ; "time" in the same sense) are not hidden from the Almighty, they who know Him (His true worshippers, Ezekiel 30:3- : ) do not see His days (of vengeance; Joel 1:15 ; 2 Peter 3:10 )? Or, with UMBREIT less simply, making the parallel clauses more nicely balanced, Why are not times of punishment hoarded up ("laid up"; 2 Peter 3:10- : ; appointed ) by the Almighty? that is, Why are they not so appointed as that man may now see them? as the second clause shows. Job does not doubt that they are appointed: nay, he asserts it ( Job 21:30 ); what he wishes is that God would let all now see that it is so. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-2" class="com-number"

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