Job 24:1

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Summary

Job 24:1

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

Seeing

They that know

Psalm 9:10

Psalm 36:10

John 17:3

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Bible References

Seeing

You determine my destiny! Rescue me from the power of my enemies and those who chase me.

I thought to myself, "God will judge both the righteous and the wicked; for there is an appropriate time for every activity, and there is a time of judgment for every deed.

For there is a proper time and procedure for every matter, for the oppression of the king is severe upon his victim.

Again, I observed this on the earth: the race is not always won by the swiftest, the battle is not always won by the strongest; prosperity does not always belong to those who are the wisest, wealth does not always belong to those who are the most discerning, nor does success always come to those with the most knowledge -- for time and chance may overcome them all.

The least of you will multiply into a thousand; the smallest of you will become a large nation. When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!"

He changes times and seasons, deposing some kings and establishing others. He gives wisdom to the wise; he imparts knowledge to those with understanding;

because these are days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

He told them, "You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

From one man he made every nation of the human race to inhabit the entire earth, determining their set times and the fixed limits of the places where they would live,

Now on the topic of times and seasons, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in the later times some will desert the faith and occupy themselves with deceiving spirits and demonic teachings,

-- whose appearing the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords, will reveal at the right time.

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation pronounced long ago is not sitting idly by; their destruction is not asleep.

But by the same word the present heavens and earth have been reserved for fire, by being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly.

They that know

Your loyal followers trust in you, for you, Lord, do not abandon those who seek your help.

Extend your loyal love to your faithful followers, and vindicate the morally upright!

Now this is eternal life -- that they know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you sent.

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For in seven days I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the ground every living thing that I have made."

Then the Lord said, "Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

When I tried to make sense of this, it was troubling to me.

Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

But because of your stubbornness and your unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourselves in the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment is revealed!