Job 24

Job 24:1

Why . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis. App-6.

times. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for the events which take place in them.

THE . Hebrew Shaddai. App-4.

see = perceive, or understand.

days. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), App-6, for His doings in them: e.g. visitation, or judgment, &c. Compare Job 18:20. Psalms 37:13; Psalms 137:7. Ezekiel 21:29. Obadiah 1:12. Luke 19:42. 1 Corinthians 4:3.

Job 24:2

Some: i.e. the lawless men, whose various crimes are detailed in the following verses.

landmarks. Compare Deuteronomy 19:14.

Job 24:3

take . . . for a pledge. Compare Job 24:9 and Deuteronomy 24:6, Deuteronomy 24:17. Amos 2:8.

Job 24:4

They: [while others]. See translation below.

poor = wretched.

Job 24:5

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.

children = offspring.

Job 24:6

every one. Figure of speech Ellipsis. App-6.

his corn. Hebrew. belilo. But if divided thus, beli lo, it means “not his own”. The word “corn” must be supplied as an Ellipsis of the accusative case. See translation below.

the wicked = a lawless one. Hebrew. rasha’. App-44.

Job 24:7

naked. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Whole), App-6, for scantily clad, or threadbare.

Job 24:12

Men. Hebrew. methim. App-14.

city. The Septuagint adds “and houses”.

GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4.

Job 24:13

GOD. There is a pause between Job 24:12 and Job 24:13. “They” is emphatic = These. Note the three stages of the 1awless: (1) avoiding the light (Job 24:16. John 3:20); (2) consequent ignorance; (3) final result.

Job 24:14

and = and [then again].

Job 24:15

twilight = darkness. A Homonym. See notes on 1 Samuel 30:17. 2 Kings 7:5.

Job 24:16

they: i.e. burglars.

Job 24:17

if one know them. See translation below.

Job 24:18

he. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read “and he”.

beholdeth = returneth.

the = to the.

Job 24:19

the grave. Hebrew Sheol. App-35.

sinned. Hebrew. chata’. App-44.

Job 24:20

wickedness. Hebrew. ’aval. App-44. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for the wicked man.

Job 24:21

He evil entreateth. See translation below.