Job 24:22

"He devours the barren who don’t bear. He shows no kindness to the widow."

Key Reflection

In Job 24:22, these verses highlight the injustice and cruelty experienced by those who are vulnerable—specifically, the barren women and widows—who often face neglect and mistreatment in society. This cruel behavior contrasts sharply with God's promise of support for the fatherless and widow in James 1:27, emphasizing the spiritual call to compassion and justice.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

He draweth also the mighty with his power -The word here rendered draweth (משׁךmâshak), means to draw; and then, to lay hold of, to take, to take away, and, hence, to remove, to destroy;Psalms 28:3;Ezekiel 22:20. The idea here seems to be, that his acts of oppression and cruelty were not confined to the poor and the defenseless. Even the great and the mighty were also exposed, and he spared none. No one was safe, and no rights could be regarded as secure. The character here described is one that pertains to a tyrant, or a conqueror, and Job probably meant to describe some such mighty man, who was regardless alike of the rights of the high and the low.

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