Job 24

Job · Chapter 24

Job 24:22

1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge.4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together.5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children.6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold.8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter.9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor.10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry;11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst.12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof.14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief.15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light.17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards.19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree.21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow.22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.23Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.24They 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.25And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.Yet God preserveth the mighty by his power: He riseth up that hath no assurance of life.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and he drags offוּמָשַׁ֣ךְu-ma-SHAKHH4900
to draw

מָשַׁךְ (ma.shakh) 1) to draw, drag, seize 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to draw (and lift out), drag along, lead along, drag or lead off, draw down 1a2) to draw (the bow) 1a3) to proceed, march 1a4) to draw out or give (a sound) 1a5) to draw out, prolong, continue 1a6) to trail (seed in sowing) 1a7) to cheer, draw, attract, gratify 1b) (Niphal) to be drawn out 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be drawn out, be postponed, be deferred 1c2) to be tall

mighty [ones]אַבִּירִ֣ים'a-bi-RIMH0047I
mighty: ox

אַבִּיר (ab.bir) 1) mighty, valiant 1a) of men 1b) of angels 1c) of animals 1d) (metaph) 1d1) of enemies 1d2) of princes 1d3) of sacrificial objects 1e) obstinate (fig.)

by power hisבְּכֹח֑וֹbe-kho-CHOH3581B
strength

כֹּחַ (ko.ach) 1) strength, power, might 1a) human strength 1b) strength (of angels) 1c) power (of God) 1d) strength (of animals) 1e) strength, produce, wealth (of soil)

he risesיָ֝ק֗וּםya-KUMH6965B
to arise: rise

קוּם (qum) : rise/get_going 1) to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to arise 1a2) to arise (hostile sense) 1a3) to arise, become powerful 1a4) to arise, come on the scene 1a5) to stand 1a5a) to maintain oneself 1a5b) to be established, be confirmed 1a5c) to stand, endure 1a5d) to be fixed 1a5e) to be valid 1a5f) to be proven 1a5g) to be fulfilled 1a5h) to persist 1a5i) to be set, be fixed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to fulfil 1b2) to confirm, ratify, establish, impose 1c) (Polel) to raise up 1d) (Hithpael) to raise oneself, rise up 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to cause to arise, raise …

and notוְֽלֹא־ve-lo'-H3808
not

לֹא (lo) 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) Aramaic equivalent: la (לָא "not" H3809)

anyone trustsיַאֲמִ֥יןya-'a-MINH0539
be faithful

אָמַן (a.man) 1) to support, confirm, be faithful 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to support, confirm, be faithful, uphold, nourish 1a1a) foster-father (subst.) 1a1b) foster-mother, nurse 1a1c) pillars, supporters of the door 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be established, be faithful, be carried, make firm 1b1a) to be carried by a nurse 1b1b) made firm, sure, lasting 1b1c) confirmed, established, sure 1b1d) verified, confirmed 1b1e) reliable, faithful, trusty 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to stand firm, to trust, to be certain, to believe in 1c1a) stand firm 1c1b) trust, believe Aramaic equivalent: a.man (אֲמַן "to trust" H0540)

in the lifeבַּֽחַיִּֽין׃BA-chai-YINH2416E
life

חַיִּים (chay.yim) 1) life (abstract emphatic) 1a) life 1b) sustenance, maintenance

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.