Job 24 · Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
CHAPTER 24 Job 24:1-25 . 1. Why is it that, seeing that the times of punishment ( Eze 30:3 ; "time" in the same sense) are not hidden from the Almighty, they who know Him (His true worshippers, Job 18:21 ) do not see His days (of vengeance; Joe 1:15 ; 2Pe 3:10 )? Or, with Umbreit less simply, making the parallel clauses more nicely balanced, Why are not times of punishment hoarded up ("laid up"; Job 21:19 ; appointed) by the Almighty? that is, Why are they not so appointed as that man may now see them? as the second clause shows. Job does not doubt that they are appointed: nay, he asserts it ( Job 21:30 ); what he wishes is that God would let all now see that it is so.
2-24. Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity ( Job 24:2-24 ). Some-- the wicked. landmarks-- boundaries between different pastures ( De 19:14 ; Pr 22:28 ).