📖 Job — Chapter 24 (KJV)
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Scripture source: Project Gutenberg KJV, ebook 10.
Job 24:1 Why, Rseeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Job 24:2 Some remove the Rlandmarks; they violently take away flocks, and Tfeed thereof.
Job 24:3 They Rdrive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.
Job 24:4 They Rturn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Job 24:5 Behold, as Rwild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.
Job 24:6 RThey reap every one his Tcorn in the field: and Tthey gather the vintage of the wicked.
Job 24:7 They cause Rthe naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Job 24:8 They are Rwet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Job 24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Job 24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and Rthey take away the sheaf from the hungry;
Job 24:11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Job 24:12 Men Rgroan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
Job 24:13 They are of those that Rrebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.
Job 24:14 The Rmurderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.
Job 24:15 The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, RNo eye shall see me: and Tdisguiseth his face.
Job 24:16 RIn the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.
Job 24:17 For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are Rin the terrors of the shadow of death.
Job 24:18 He is Rswift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.
Job 24:19 RDrought and heat Tconsume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
Job 24:20 The womb shall forget him; Rthe worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.
Job 24:21 He Revil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Job 24:22 He Rdraweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and Tno man is sure of life.
Job 24:23 Though Rit be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
Job 24:24 They Rare exalted for a little while, but Tare gone and brought low; they are Ttaken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
Job 24:25 And if it be not so now, Rwho will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Job 24:1–12 — Injustice against the vulnerable
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Job describes stolen land, seized animals, dispossessed widows, hungry workers, and people without shelter. He asks why God's judgment is not readily visible. The examples shift attention from accusing Job to actual suffering in the world. Faithful reflection must face injustice rather than explain it away.
Key Truth: Attend to concrete injustice and those who bear it.
Check What You Remember
1. What boundary markers do some people remove? (Job 24:2)
Find it in Job 24:2 (KJV).
2. Whose ox is taken as a pledge? (Job 24:3)
Find it in Job 24:3 (KJV).
3. What do exposed people lack in the mountains? (Job 24:8)
Find it in Job 24:8 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Job 24:13–17 — Wrongdoing under concealment
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Job describes murder, adultery, and theft committed by people who avoid the light. These actions are condemned in the speech, while their apparent delay in judgment remains part of his question. Naming real injustice is different from inventing it against a sufferer merely to defend a theory.
Key Truth: Name wrongdoing accurately and resist concealment.
Check What You Remember
1. Whom does the murderer kill in Job's description? (Job 24:14)
Find it in Job 24:14 (KJV).
2. When does the adulterer wait to act? (Job 24:15)
Find it in Job 24:15 (KJV).
3. What do thieves dig through in the dark? (Job 24:16)
Find it in Job 24:16 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Job 24:18–25 — Passing power and unresolved judgment
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The closing images speak of death, forgotten wrongdoers, and brief exaltation. The chapter still challenges an overly simple account of how and when justice becomes visible. Job ends by asking who can refute his observations. The debate calls for careful attention to the evidence, not an answer assembled from assumptions.
Key Truth: Admit the limits of what present outcomes can tell you.
Check What You Remember
1. What consumes snow waters in the image? (Job 24:19)
Find it in Job 24:19 (KJV).
2. Which vulnerable woman is again named as mistreated? (Job 24:21)
Find it in Job 24:21 (KJV).
3. To what harvest image are the exalted people compared when cut off? (Job 24:24)
Find it in Job 24:24 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Isaiah 1:17 — Isaiah calls for seeking justice and defending the vulnerable.
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Reflect and Apply
What concrete injustice needs your attention more than an abstract explanation?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. How does Job portray injustice against vulnerable households?
2. What irony appears in the description of labouring poor people?
3. What connects the murderer, adulterer, and housebreaker with light?
4. How does the snow-water image describe the grave?
5. What limit does Job place on apparent exaltation?
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