Thematic Bible
Job 24:1 (show verse)
Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do those who know him not see his days?
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Job 24:2 (show verse)
There are [men] who remove the landmarks. They take away flocks violently, and feed them.
Job 24:3 (show verse)
They drive away the donkey of the fatherless. They take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Business life » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Credit system » Creditors, general references to
Creditor » Oppressions of
Creditors » Often cruel in exacting debts
Fatherless » The wicked » Oppress
Oxen » The wicked often took, in pledge from the poor
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Widow's » Were frequently oppressed and persecuted
Widow's » The wicked » Take pledges from
Business life » The credit system » Creditors, general references to
Credit system » Debts » Pledges » Laws concerning
Credit system » Creditors, general references to
Creditor » Oppressions of
Creditors » Often cruel in exacting debts
Fatherless » The wicked » Oppress
Oxen » The wicked often took, in pledge from the poor
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Widow's » Were frequently oppressed and persecuted
Widow's » The wicked » Take pledges from
Job 24:4 (show verse)
They turn the needy out of the way. The poor of the earth all hide themselves.
Job 24:5 (show verse)
Behold, as wild donkeys in the desert, they go forth to their work, seeking diligently for food. The wilderness [yields] them bread for their sons.
Job 24:6 (show verse)
They cut their provender in the field, and they glean the vintage of the wicked.
Job 24:7 (show verse)
They lie all night naked without clothing, and have no covering in the cold.
Job 24:8 (show verse)
They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Job 24:9 (show verse)
There are [men] who pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor,
Children » Sold for debt
Creditor » Oppressions of
Creditors » Often cruel in exacting debts
Creditors » Often exacted debts » By selling the debtor's family
Debt » Security for
Landmarks » Protected from fraudulent removal
Pitiless » Pitilessness condemned
Pitilessness » Condemned
The poor » The wicked » Oppress
Unkindness » Pitilessness condemned
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Creditor » Oppressions of
Creditors » Often cruel in exacting debts
Creditors » Often exacted debts » By selling the debtor's family
Debt » Security for
Landmarks » Protected from fraudulent removal
Pitiless » Pitilessness condemned
Pitilessness » Condemned
The poor » The wicked » Oppress
Unkindness » Pitilessness condemned
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 24:10 (show verse)
[so that] they go about naked without clothing, and being hungry they carry the sheaves.
Job 24:11 (show verse)
They make oil within the walls of these men. They tread [their] winepresses, and suffer thirst.
Job 24:12 (show verse)
From out of the populous city men groan, and the soul of the wounded cries out. Yet God does not regard the folly.
Job 24:13 (show verse)
These are of those who rebel against the light. They do not know the ways of it, nor abide in the paths of it.
Character » Of the wicked » Hating the light
Character of the wicked » Hating the light
Darkness » Who is in darkness
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Rebellion » The rebellious
Rebellion against God » Exhibited in » Sinning against light
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Character of the wicked » Hating the light
Darkness » Who is in darkness
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Rebellion » The rebellious
Rebellion against God » Exhibited in » Sinning against light
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 24:14 (show verse)
The murderer rises with the light. He kills the poor and needy. And in the night he is as a thief.
Darkness » Works of
Darkness » Who is in darkness
Early rising » For devotions » To do evil
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Light » Divided into » Natural
Murder » Often committed by night
Murder » The wicked » Perpetrate
Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked
Rebellion » The rebellious
Early rising » To do evil
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Theft » The wicked » Commit, under shelter of the night
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Darkness » Who is in darkness
Early rising » For devotions » To do evil
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Light » Divided into » Natural
Murder » Often committed by night
Murder » The wicked » Perpetrate
Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked
Rebellion » The rebellious
Early rising » To do evil
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Theft » The wicked » Commit, under shelter of the night
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 24:15 (show verse)
The eye also of the adulterer waits for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me. And he disguises his face.
Adultery » General references to
Darkness » Who is in darkness
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Foes of the home » Adultery
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Home » Foes of the home » Adultery
Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked
Rebellion » The rebellious
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Darkness » Who is in darkness
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Foes of the home » Adultery
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Home » Foes of the home » Adultery
Night » Favorable to the purposes of the wicked
Rebellion » The rebellious
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 24:16 (show verse)
In the dark they dig through houses. They shut themselves up in the daytime. They do not know the light.
Darkness » Who is in darkness
Darkness » The wicked » Perpetrate their designs in
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Rebellion » The rebellious
Secret sins » Warnings against
Sin » Secret » Warnings against
Sins » Secret » Warnings against
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Darkness » The wicked » Perpetrate their designs in
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Rebellion » The rebellious
Secret sins » Warnings against
Sin » Secret » Warnings against
Sins » Secret » Warnings against
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
Job 24:17 (show verse)
For the morning is to all of them as thick darkness. For they know the terrors of the thick darkness.
Job 24:18 (show verse)
Swiftly they [pass away] upon the face of the waters. Their portion is cursed in the earth. They do not turn into the way of the vineyards.
Exaltation » Who is exalted for a little while
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Rebellion » The rebellious
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Water » Illustrative » (rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
The wicked » Guilt of » Portion of
Forgetting » Who shall be forgotten
Rebellion » The rebellious
Straying » Who strays from the right path
Water » Illustrative » (rapidly flowing away,) of the career of the wicked
Wicked people » Temporal punishment of
The wicked » Guilt of » Portion of
Job 24:19 (show verse)
Drought and heat consume the snow waters, [and] Sheol [those who] have sinned.
Job 24:20 (show verse)
The womb shall forget him. The worm shall feed sweetly on him. He shall be no more remembered. And unrighteousness shall be broken as a tree.
Job 24:21 (show verse)
He devours the barren who do not bear, and does no good to the widow.
Job 24:22 (show verse)
Yet [God] preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
Job 24:23 (show verse)
[God] gives them to be in security, and they rest in it. And his eyes are upon their ways.
Job 24:24 (show verse)
They are exalted. Yet a little while, and they are gone. Yea, they are brought low. They are taken out of the way as all others, and are cut off as the tops of the ears of grain.
Job 24:25 (show verse)
And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, and make my speech worth nothing?
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