Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
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Yet God preserves the mighty by his power. He rises up who has no assurance of life.
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He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.
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He draweth away the mighty also by his power; he riseth up, and he trusteth not his own life.
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Passages linked to Job 24:22 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Daniel 6:4-9 Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him. Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever! All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.” Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
- Esther 3:8-10 Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain. If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.” The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
- John 19:12-16 At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, “If you release this man, you aren’t Caesar’s friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!” When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called “The Pavement”, but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.” Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, “Behold, your King!” They cried out, “Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!” Pilate said to them, “Shall I crucify your King?” The chief priests answered, “We have no king but Caesar!” So then he delivered him to them to be crucified. So they took Jesus and led him away.
- Revelation 16:13-14 I saw coming out of the mouth of the dragon, and out of the mouth of the beast, and out of the mouth of the false prophet, three unclean spirits, something like frogs; for they are spirits of demons, performing signs; which go out to the kings of the whole inhabited earth, to gather them together for the war of that great day of God, the Almighty.
- Revelation 17:2 with whom the kings of the earth committed sexual immorality. Those who dwell in the earth were made drunken with the wine of her sexual immorality.”
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain He declareth that after that the wicked have destroyed…
He declareth that after that the wicked have destroyed the weakest, they will do like to the stranger, and therefore are justly punished by God’s judgments.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Job 24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his…
Job 24:22 He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no [man] is sure of life.
Ver. 22. He draweth also the mighty with his power] i.e. He hath brought them by force under his girdle, and compelled them to do him homage and service.
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He riseth up] In the fuluess of his might, as "a king, against whom there is no rising up," Pro 30:31.
And no man is sure of life] Which the tyrant taketh away at his pleasure. Or thus, the tyrant himself, after he hath made all cock sure, as he may think, is not yet sure of his own life, dare not confide in his best friends. Dionysius, for instance, and our Richard III. The Hebrew is, And he is not sure of life.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He draweth, either into his net, as Psa 10:9,…
He draweth, either into his net, as Psa 10:9, or to his party, to assist and serve him in his enterprises.
The mighty; who are mighty in place, or wealth, or power; he practiseth upon these as well as upon the poor.
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With his power; which being greater than theirs, he soon forceth them to comply with his desires and demands.
He riseth up, to wit, against any man, as this phrase is used, Psa 18:38; 44:5; when he sets himself against a man, and resolves to destroy him.
No man is sure of life, i.e. none of them whom he so opposeth can be secure or confident of holding his life, but all such give up themselves for lost men, as knowing they cannot resist his greater might: compare Deu 28:26.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He draweth also the mighty with his power,.... Such…
He draweth also the mighty with his power,.... Such a wicked man not only maltreats the weak, the helpless, and the defenceless, but even attacks the mighty and powerful; such as are in great power and authority, and abound in wealth and riches, only somewhat inferior in both to himself: wherefore, by his superior force, he draws them to be of his party, to join with him in acts of rapine and violence, oppression and cruelty; or he draws them by power or policy, or by both, as the wicked man does the poor with his net, Psa 10:9; and so makes a prey of him and his substance. Some understand this of the punishment of wicked men, and interpret it, as Jarchi does, of God's drawing him to punishment; God sometimes does indeed draw and hurl the mighty from their seats; though they are set in high, yet in slippery places, and are brought down to destruction in a moment; and he will draw them all to his judgment seat hereafter, whether they will or not, and send them into everlasting punishment; but the former sense is best:
he riseth up, and no man is sure of life; he rises up in the morning:, either from his bed, or from his lurking place, where he was all night with a murdering intention, and no man he meets with is safe, but in the utmost danger of his life, Job 24:14; or, he rises in the world to great power and dignity, and increases in wealth and riches, which he abuses to the hurt of others; so that they flee from him and hide themselves, not caring to trust their life with him, Pro 28:28; or he riseth up against a man in an hostile way, and against whomsoever he does, they are in the utmost jeopardy, and cannot be secure of their lives; though this also is by some interpreted as the punishment of a wicked man, who, when he rises in the morning, "trusteth not his own life" (f), as the words may be rendered, and as they are in the margin of our Bibles; but his life is in suspense, being surrounded with a thousand dangers, and has no assurance of it, and is in continual fear, and often fears where no fear is; see Deu 28:66; or, if a man rises up against him, the wicked tyrant and cruel oppressor, he the tyrant is not sure of his life but may be slain by him that rises up against him; but the former sense is best.
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(f) "non fidit suae vitae", Tigurine version, Piscator; so V. L.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Draweth - Into his net.
Draweth - Into his net.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 22. He draweth also the mighty] Calmet gives…
Verse 22. He draweth also the mighty] Calmet gives the following version of the original: "He draws with him guards for his defense; he raises himself up, and does not feel assured of his life." In the midst even of his guards he is afraid; and dares not put confidence in any person. This is an admirable delineation of the inquietudes and terrors of a tyrant.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Job 24:22. He draweth also the mighty with his…
Job 24:22. He draweth also the mighty with his power — He draweth into his net, as Psa 10:9, or to his party, to assist and serve him in his enterprises, those who are mighty in place, or wealth, or power; he practiseth upon these as well as upon the poor: he riseth up — Namely, against any man, as the same word קום, kum, is rendered, Psa 18:39; Psa 44:5. When he sets himself against a man and resolves to destroy him, no man is sure of life — None of them, whom he so opposes, can be secure of holding his life, but all such give themselves up as lost men, as knowing they cannot resist his greater power.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He draweth also the mighty with his power -…
He draweth also the mighty with his power - The word here rendered draweth (משׁך mâshak), means to draw; and then, to lay hold of, to take, to take away, and, hence, to remove, to destroy; Psa 28:3; Eze 22:20. The idea here seems to be, that his acts of oppression and cruelty were not confined to the poor and the defenseless. Even the great and the mighty were also exposed, and he spared none. No one was safe, and no rights could be regarded as secure. The character here described is one that pertains to a tyrant, or a conqueror, and Job probably meant to describe some such mighty man, who was regardless alike of the rights of the high and the low.
He riseth up - When he rises up; that is, when he enters on an enterprise, or goes forth to accomplish his wicked purposes.
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And no man is sure of life - From the dread of him even the great and mighty have no security. This language will well describe the character of an Oriental despot. Having absolute power, no man, not even the highest in rank, can feel that his life is safe if the monarch becomes in any way offended. Yet, Job says that even such a despot was permitted to live in prosperity, and to die without any remarkable proof of the divine displeasure.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Down. Hebrew, "taketh along with him his guards for…
Down. Hebrew, "taketh along with him his guards for his defence. He riseth and is not sure of his life," fearing lest his enemies may still overpower him. This is a description of the tyrant’s continual anxiety. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "And no man is sure of life," may intimate that the wicked put all men in danger. (Haydock) --- He who puts others in fear, must also be alarmed. (Menochius)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain Reply of Job to the opinion of the friends.…
Reply of Job to the opinion of the friends. Experience proves the contrary. Translate: "But He (God) prolongeth the life of (literally, draweth out at length; Psa 36:10, Margin) the mighty with His (God's) power. He (the wicked) riseth up (from his sick bed) although he had given up hope of (literally, when he no longer believed in) life" (Deu 28:66).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain Third strophe — Tyrants, too, God upholds in life,…
Third strophe — Tyrants, too, God upholds in life, delivering them from dangerous sickness; until at last, ripe in years, they sink into the grave, bearing no marks of divine displeasure, Job_24:22-25.
22. He draweth — Literally, He (God) preserveth the mighty by his power. For a similar use of משׁךְ in the sense of “preserve,” “prolong,” see Psa_36:10; Psa_85:5; Isa_13:22. As frequently before, Job now shrinks from mentioning the name of Deity in such painful connexion.
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No man is sure of life — Hebrew, He (the wicked) riseth up and (though) he trusted not in life — that is, despaired of life. Canon Cook calls attention to hhayin, life, with its plural termination in, instead of im, which has been held to denote a late age for the book, and cites the Moabitic stone to show that the termination an is very ancient.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 22. he draweth also the mighty] Rather as above,…
22. he draweth also the mighty] Rather as above, he continueth the mighty, i. e. He (God) prolongeth their life and continueth them in their place. The “mighty” are the oppressive lords of the soil, Job_24:2 seq. And it is God that upholds them by His power; comp. ch. Job_9:24.
he riseth up, and no man is sure of life] Rather as above. Even when they fall under calamity or sickness and “believe not that they shall live,” i. e. despair of recovery or of regaining their former prosperity, they are raised up again, their life and power being prolonged.
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22–24. The other picture drawn by Job’s own hand to exhibit the actual truth. Such (Job_24:18-21), according to the popular imagination, is the fate and history of the wicked; the following (Job_24:22-24) is their history according to facts:
22. Nay, he continueth the mighty by his power,
They rise up, though they believed not that they should live.
23. He giveth them to be in safety, and they are upheld,
And his eyes are upon their ways.
24. They are exalted: in a moment they are not;
They are brought low, and gathered in as all others,
And are cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (22) He draweth also the mighty.—He now appears to…
(22) He draweth also the mighty.—He now appears to revert to his former line, and describes another case—that, namely, of a great tyrant who draws others by his influence and example to the same courses.
He riseth up, and no man is sure of his life.—Being so completely under his sway.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain He draweth also the mighty with his power; i.e.…
He draweth also the mighty with his power; i.e. he draws to his side, and makes his helpers, those who are mighty, attracting them or compelling them to join him by the power which he already has. He riseth up, and no man is sure of life. This is also the translation of the Revised Version. Some commentators, however, prefer to render, "He riseth up, when he has despaired of life; i.e. the wicked man, when he has been brought into trouble, either sickness or danger of death at the hands of Justice, to men"s surprise, "riseth up is delivered from the danger, and recovers his prosperity.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Connecting Statement:
Connecting Statement:
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by his power
"by using his power" or "because he is powerful"
he rises up and does not strengthen them in life
Here "does not strengthen them in life" means God does not keep them alive. AT: "God rises up and does not give wicked people the strength to live" or "God rises up and causes them to die" (See: Idiom)
but his eyes are on their ways
Here "eyes" refers to God. AT: "but he is always watching what they do" (See: Synecdoche)
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