_WHY, SEEING TIMES ARE NOT HIDDEN FROM THE ALMIGHTY, DO THEY THAT KNOW HIM NOT SEE HIS DAYS?_ 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, Job 18:21) do not see His days? (of ve... [ Continue Reading ]
_SOME REMOVE THE LANDMARKS; THEY VIOLENTLY TAKE AWAY FLOCKS, AND FEED THEREOF._ Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity. SOME - the wicked. LANDMARKS - boundaries between different pastures (Deuteronomy 19:14; Proverbs 22:28). Verse 3. PLEDGE - alluding to Job 22:6. O... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE EYE ALSO OF THE ADULTERER WAITETH FOR THE TWILIGHT, SAYING, NO EYE SHALL SEE ME: AND DISGUISETH HIS FACE._ (Proverbs 7:9; Psalms 10:11.) DISGUISETH - puts a veil on.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN THE DARK THEY DIG THROUGH HOUSES, WHICH THEY HAD MARKED FOR THEMSELVES IN THE DAYTIME: THEY KNOW NOT THE LIGHT._ Dig through. Houses in the East are generally built of sun-dried mud bricks (so Matthew 6:19) х_ DIORUSSOUSIN _ (G1358)]. "Thieves break through" - literally, dig through (Ezekiel 12... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE MORNING IS TO THEM EVEN AS THE SHADOW OF DEATH: IF ONE KNOW THEM, THEY ARE IN THE TERRORS OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH._ They shrink from the "morning" light, as much as other men do from the blackest darkness ("the shadow of death"). IF ONE KNOW - i:e., recognize them. Rather, 'they know well... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE IS SWIFT AS THE WATERS; THEIR PORTION IS CURSED IN THE EARTH: HE BEHOLDETH NOT THE WAY OF THE VINEYARDS._ In these verses Job quotes the opinion of his adversaries, ironically: he quoted them so before (Job 21:17). In Job 24:22 he states his own observation as the opposite. You say, 'The sinner... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE DRAWETH ALSO THE MIGHTY WITH HIS POWER: HE RISETH UP, AND NO MAN IS SURE OF LIFE._ Reply of Job to the opinions of the friends. Experience proves the contrary. Translate, 'But He (God) prolongeth the life of (literally, draweth out at length; margin, Psalms 36:10, "continue;" Hebrew, 'draw out... [ Continue Reading ]