Chapter 24:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Esther Psalms
Job 24
Concise Complete
Wickedness often unpunished. (1-12) The wicked shun the
light. (13-17) Judgements for the wicked. (18-25)
Verses 1-12 Job
discourses further about the prosperity of the wicked. That many live at ease
who are ungodly and profane, he had showed, ch. xxi. Here he shows that many who
live in open defiance of all the laws of justice, succeed in wicked practices;
and we do not see them reckoned with in this world. He notices those that do
wrong under pretence of law and authority; and robbers, those that do wrong by
force. He says, "God layeth not folly to them;" that is, he does not at once
send his judgments, nor make them examples, and so manifest their folly to all
the world. But he that gets riches, and not by right, at his end shall be a
fool,
jeremiah 17:11.
Verses 13-17 See
what care and pains wicked men take to compass their wicked designs; let it
shame our negligence and slothfulness in doing good. See what pains those take,
who make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts of it: pains to compass,
and then to hide that which will end in death and hell at last. Less pains would
mortify and crucify the flesh, and be life and heaven at last. Shame came in
with sin, and everlasting shame is at the end of it. See the misery of sinners;
they are exposed to continual frights: yet see their folly; they are afraid of
coming under the eye of men, but have no dread of God's eye, which is always
upon them: they are not afraid of doing things which they are afraid of being
known to do.
Verses 18-25
Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person,
how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties and oppressions
forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears
of corn as they come to hand. There will often appear much to resemble the wrong
view of Providence Job takes in this chapter. But we are taught by the word of
inspiration, that these notions are formed in ignorance, from partial views. The
providence of God, in the affairs of men, is in every thing a just and wise
providence. Let us apply this whenever the Lord may try us. He cannot do wrong.
The unequalled sorrows of the Son of God when on earth, unless looked at in this
view, perplex the mind. But when we behold him, as the sinner's Surety, bearing
the curse, we can explain why he should endure that wrath which was due to sin,
that Divine justice might be satisfied, and his people saved.
Chapter 24:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 Esther Psalms
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
