King James Version
Job 24:1 in the King James Version says “Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?” — study this verse from Job chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?”
Job 24:1 · KJV
Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof. feed: or, feed them
They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow's ox for a pledge.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“are not hidden”
H6845to hide (by covering over); by implication, to hoard or reserve; figuratively to deny; specifically (favorably) to protect, (unfavorably) to lurk
“do they that know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“him not see”
H2372to gaze at; mentally to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
“his days”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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