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Job 24:1 open_in_new
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 ALMIGHTY. 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.
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Job 24:2 open_in_new
Some: i.e. the lawless men, whose various crimes are detailed in the following verses.
landmarks. Compare Deuteronomy 19:14.
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Job 24:3 open_in_new
take... for. pledge. Compare Job 24:9 and Deuteronomy 24:6; Deuteronomy 24:17; Amos 2:8.
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Job 24:4 open_in_new
They: [while others]. See translation below.
poor. wretched.
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Job 24:5 open_in_new
Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos. App-6.
children. offspring.
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Job 24:6 open_in_new
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.
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Job 24:7 open_in_new
naked. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Whole), App-6, for scantily clad, or threadbare.
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Job 24:12 open_in_new
Men. Hebrew. methim. App-14.
city. The Septuagint adds "and houses".
GOD. Hebrew Eloah. App-4.
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Job 24:14 open_in_new
and. and [then again].
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Job 24:15 open_in_new
twilight. darkness.. Homonym. See notes on 1 Samuel 30:17; 2 Kings 7:5.
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Job 24:16 open_in_new
they: i.e. burglars.
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Job 24:17 open_in_new
if one know them. See translation below.
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Job 24:18 open_in_new
he. Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "and he".
beholdeth. returneth.
the. to the.
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Job 24:19 open_in_new
the grave. Hebrew Sheol. App-35.
sinned. Hebrew. chata'. App-44.
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Job 24:20 open_in_new
wickedness. Hebrew. 'aval. App-44. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for the wicked man.
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Job 24:21 open_in_new
He evil entreateth. See translation below.