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Job 24:1 — King James Version← Study notes

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?


Job 24:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 24:110 words
HebrewMeaning
מַדּ֗וּעַmadwʿa
why?particleH4069
wherefore · why
מִ֭/שַּׁדַּיmišaday
from the AlmightypronH7706
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
נִצְפְּנ֣וּniṣəpənw
have they been stored upverbH6845
hide(-den one · self) · lay up · lurk privily ···
עִתִּ֑יםʿitiym
timesnounH6256
after · certain · continually · evening ···
ו/ידע/וwydʿw
acknowledgeconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
וְ֝/יֹדְעָ֗י/וwəyōdəʿāyw
acknowledgeconjH3045
acquaintance · advise · answer · appoint ···
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
חָ֥זוּḥāzw
have they seen?verbH2372
look · prophesy · provide · see
יָמָֽי/וyāmāyw
days hisnounH3117
always · chronicals · continually · daily ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 24:1

Times are not hidden from the Almighty; they that know Him, know not His days. What are called ‘the days’ of God, save His very Eternity itself? which is sometimes described by the announcement of ‘one day,’ as where it is written, For one day in Thy courts is better than a thousand. But sometimes on account of its length it is represented by the expression of a number of days, whereof it is written, Thy years are throughout all generations. We then are wrapped up within the…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 16 §53
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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