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Commentaries on Job 24:1

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John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Job 24 This chapter contains the second part of Job's answer to the last discourse of Eliphaz, in which he shows that wicked men, those of the worst characters, prosper in the world, and go through it with impunity; he lays down this as a certain truth, that though no time is hid from God, yet they that are most familiar with him, and know most of him, do not see, and cannot...

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty,.... Which seems to be an inference deduced from what he had said in Job 23:14; that since all things are appointed by God, and his appointments are punctually performed by him, the times of his carrying his purposes and decrees into execution cannot be hidden from him; for, as he has determined what shall be done, he has determined the time...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

Job having by his complaints in the foregoing chapter given vent to his passion, and thereby gained some ease, breaks them off abruptly, and now applies himself to a further discussion of the doctrinal controversy between him and his friends concerning the prosperity of wicked people. That many live at ease who yet are ungodly and profane, and despise all the exercises of devotion, he had shown,...

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions

Charles H. Spurgeon

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? “Why do they live so long? Why do they appear to have such prosperity?”