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Job 30:24 Cross-References
Explore 4 cross-references for Job 30:24 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 30 verse 24 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave, though they cry in his destruction. grave: Heb. heap”
Job 30:24 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 30:24
Howbeit he will not stretch out his hand to the grave—This verse presents textual difficulties; the Hebrew is obscure. One reading: 'Yet does He not stretch out a hand in a disaster when one cries in His destruction?' The term be-i (בְּעִי) can mean 'ruin' or 'disaster.' Job may be suggesting that even in calamity (pid, פִּיד), God doesn't extend help when the afflicted cry out.Another interpretation sees Job acknowledging that God doesn't afflict those already in the grave—death brings cessation of suffering. The phrase though they cry in his destruction uses shavah (שַׁוְעָה), the cry of dis...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 30:24
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“wagging their heads”
“Aha! That's the way we want it! Don't let them say”
“Yahweh”