Job 24:24 Meaning and Explanation
“They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.”
King James Version (KJV)
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Read Full Chapter →The wicked are lifted high for only a moment, then brought low and removed like everyone else, cut down like ripe heads of grain.
What Does Job 24:24 Mean?
Job states plainly the end he has been building toward. The wicked are exalted, but only for a little while; then they are gone, brought low, taken away like all others, and cut off like the tops of grain at harvest. Their height was brief, and the sickle reaches them as it reaches every stalk in the field.
This is Job's answer to the prosperity that so troubled him: it does not last. Scripture pictures the wicked flourishing like grass that is soon mown down, while their exaltation fades in a moment. The harvest belongs to God, who gathers each life in its season. In Christ the final harvest separates the grain from the chaff, and the brief triumph of evil gives way to the lasting reign of righteousness.
Job 24:24 in the Original Language
shibbolet (שִׁבֹּלֶת), 'ears of corn' -- the heads of ripened grain, here cut down at harvest.
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What does Job 24:24 mean?
The wicked are lifted high for only a moment, then brought low and removed like everyone else, cut down like ripe heads of grain.