Hiob 24:13-17

13 Jene sind abtrünnig geworden vom Licht und kennen seinen Weg nicht und kehren nicht wieder zu seiner Straße.

14 Wenn der Tag anbricht, steht auf der Mörder und erwürgt den Armen und Dürftigen; und des Nachts ist er wie ein Dieb.

15 Das Auge des Ehebrechers hat acht auf das Dunkel, und er spricht: "Mich sieht kein Auge", und verdeckt sein Antlitz.

16 Im Finstern bricht man in die Häuser ein; des Tages verbergen sie sich miteinander und scheuen das Licht.

17 Denn wie wenn der Morgen käme, ist ihnen allen die Finsternis; denn sie sind bekannt mit den Schrecken der Finsternis.

Hiob 24:13-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 24

This chapter contains the second part of Job's answer to the last discourse of Eliphaz, in which he shows that wicked men, those of the worst characters, prosper in the world, and go through it with impunity; he lays down this as a certain truth, that though no time is hid from God, yet they that are most familiar with him, and know most of him, do not see, and cannot observe, any days of his for judging and punishing wicked men in, this life, Job 24:1; and instances in men guilty of injustice, violence, oppression, cruelty, and inhumanity, to their neighbours, and yet God lays not folly to them, or charges them with sin, and punishes them for it, Job 24:2-12; and in persons that commit the most atrocious crimes in secret, such as murderers, adulterers, and thieves, Job 24:13-17; he allows that there is a curse upon their portion, and that the grave shall consume them, and they shall be remembered no more, Job 24:18-20; and because of their ill treatment of others, though they may be in safety and prosperity, and be exalted for a while, they shall be brought low and cut off by death, but generally speaking are not punished in this life, Job 24:21-24; and concludes with the greatest assurance of being in the right, and having truth on his side, Job 24:25.