Job 24:1 Meaning and Explanation
“Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →Job asks why God, who sees all things and every season, does not openly fix set times of judgment that those who know Him could witness.
What Does Job 24:1 Mean?
Job is answering his friends, who insist that God promptly punishes the wicked. Here he opens a long, troubled catalogue of injustice with a question that hangs over the whole chapter. The Almighty misses nothing; no era is concealed from Him. Yet the days of reckoning that Job longs to see do not seem to arrive on the calendar he expects.
This is the honest cry of faith under strain, not the sneer of unbelief. Job does not doubt that God knows; he wrestles with why the timing of justice is hidden. Scripture invites such questions and answers them in Christ, who promised that a day is appointed and that the Father, who sees in secret, will reward openly. Faith waits on God's clock without pretending the wait is easy.
Job 24:1 in the Original Language
shaddai (שַׁדַּי), 'Almighty' -- a title of God stressing overwhelming, all-sufficient power.
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What does Job 24:1 mean?
Job asks why God, who sees all things and every season, does not openly fix set times of judgment that those who know Him could witness.