Job 24:1 ““Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those w…”

Job 24:1

“Why does the Almighty not reserve times for judgment? Why may those who know Him never see His days?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Why aren’t times laid up by the Almighty? Why don’t those who know him see his days?

American Standard Version

Why are times not laid up by the Almighty? And why do not they that know him see his days?

Geneva Bible 1599

Howe should not the times be hid from the Almightie, seeing that they which knowe him, see not his dayes?

Darby Translation

Why are not times treasured up with the Almighty? why do not they that know him see his days?

Young's Literal Translation

Wherefore from the Mighty One Times have not been hidden, And those knowing Him have not seen His days.

Bible in Basic English

Why are times not stored up by the Ruler of all, and why do those who have knowledge of him not see his days?

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Cross references

“seeing”

Acts 1:7 Ecclesiastes 3:17 Isaiah 60:22 Daniel 2:21 Luke 21:22–24 Acts 17:26

Acts 1:7 · BSB

Jesus replied, “It is not for you to know times or seasons that the Father has fixed by His own authority.

Ecclesiastes 3:17 · BSB

I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”

Isaiah 60:22 · BSB

The least of you will become a thousand, and the smallest a mighty nation. I am the LORD; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.

Daniel 2:21 · BSB

He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.

Luke 21:22–24 · BSB

For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written.

Acts 17:26 · BSB

From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.

“they that know”

Psalm 36:10 Psalm 9:10 John 17:3

Psalm 36:10 · BSB

Extend Your loving devotion to those who know You, and Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Psalm 9:10 · BSB

Those who know Your name trust in You, for You, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek You.

John 17:3 · BSB

Now this is eternal life, that they may know You, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom You have sent.

“not see”

Psalm 73:16–19 Matthew 24:38 Genesis 7:4 Genesis 18:17 Jeremiah 12:1–3 Romans 2:5

Psalm 73:16–19 · BSB

When I tried to understand all this, it was troublesome in my sight

Matthew 24:38 · BSB

For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.

Genesis 7:4 · BSB

For seven days from now I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and I will wipe from the face of the earth every living thing I have made.”

Genesis 18:17 · BSB

And the LORD said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

Jeremiah 12:1–3 · BSB

Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?

Romans 2:5 · BSB

But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

Also

Isaiah 2:12 Jeremiah 46:10

Isaiah 2:12 · BSB

For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—

Jeremiah 46:10 · BSB

For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in t…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2Men move boundary stones; they pasture stolen flocks.

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