Job 24:1

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Key Reflection

In Job 24:1, the prophet asks a poignant question: "Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?" This query reflects Job's deep longing for divine justice and insight into God’s ways. In first-century Israelite culture, time was seen as being held in the hands of the divine, suggesting that Job yearned to understand why evil prospered while justice seemed absent from God’s dealings with humanity.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Why, seeing times are not hidden froth the Almighty -Dr. Good renders this, “Wherefore are not doomdays kept by the Almighty. So that his offenders may eye his periods?” “Why are not times of punishment reserved by the Almighty. And why do not they, who regard him, see his judgments?” Jerome, “Times are not hidden from the Almighty; but they who know him are ignorant of his days.” The Septuagint, “But why have set times -ὧραιhōrai, escaped the notice -ἔλαθονelathon- of the Almighty, and the wicked transgressed all bounds? The wordעתים‛êthı̂ym, here translated “times,” is rendered by the

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