Job 24
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 24 of 42
Chapter Summary
1 Wickedness goes often unpunished. 17 There is a secret judgment for the wicked.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Speaking; protests that the wicked oppress orphan, widow, and needy yet go unpunished while God seems silent.
Timeline
Job questions why the Almighty does not set times for judgment. He observes the wicked moving landmarks, stealing flocks, and driving the needy and orphans into the wilderness naked and hungry.
Job 24:1-12Job details the actions of murderers, adulterers, and thieves who operate in the dark, treating the morning light like the shadow of death because it exposes their crimes.
Job 24:13-17Though God allows them security for a little while, Job affirms that eventually the wicked are brought low, wither like heads of grain, and are forgotten by the womb.
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