King James Version
Job 24:23 in the King James Version says “Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.” — study this verse from Job chapter 24 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.”
Job 24:23 · KJV
He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.
He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life. no: or, he trusteth not his own life
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn. are gone: Heb. are not taken: Heb. closed up
And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Though it be given”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“him to be in safety”
H983properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact (security) and the feeling (trust); often (adverb with or without preposition) safely
“yet his eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“are upon their ways”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
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