Job Twenty Four
by Dr. Henry M. Morris
(taken from the Defender's Study Bible)
Job 24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Job 24:2 Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.
the landmarks. By some means unknown to us, the ancient world was surveyed and apportioned to the descendants of Noah. It is possible that this was the division of the lands mentioned in Genesis 10:25, 32, and Deuteronomy 32:8.
Job 24:3 They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
Job 24:4 They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.
Job 24:6 They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.
Job 24:7 They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.
Job 24:8 They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.
Job 24:9 They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.
Job 24:10 They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;
Job 24:11 Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.
rebel against the light. God has provided spiritual light to all men in one degree or another. The tragedy is that most men rebel against whatever light they have, and thus prevent God from giving them more light (see John 3:19-21).
dig through houses. Thieves could actually dig holes through the mud bricks which comprised the walls of many of the houses.
Job 24:19 Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.
Job 24:21 He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
Job 24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
exalted for a little while. The wicked and unbelievers may appear to prosper and “to be in safety” (Job 24:23) for many years, but in the time-scale of eternity, it is only “a little while.”
Job 24:25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?