Job 24:19-25

19 La sequía y el calor arrebatan las aguas de la nieve; y el Seol a los pecadores

20 El Misericordioso se olvidará de ellos; de ellos sentirán los gusanos dulzura; nunca más habrá de ellos memoria, y como un árbol será quebrantada la iniquidad

21 A la mujer estéril que no concebía, afligió; y a la viuda nunca hizo bien

22 Mas a los violentos adelantó con su poder; se levantó, y no fió a nadie en la vida

23 Si algunos le dieron a crédito, y se afirmó en ellos; sus ojos tuvo puestos sobre los caminos de ellos

24 Fueron ensalzados por un poco, y desaparecieron, y son abatidos como cada cual; serán encerrados, y cortados como cabezas de espigas

25 Y si no es así, ¿quién me desmentirá ahora, o reducirá a nada mis palabras

Job 24:19-25 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.