Job 24:19-25

19 La tumba
consume a los pecadores
tal como la sequía y el calor consumen la nieve.

20 Sus propias madres se olvidan de ellos.
Los gusanos los encontrarán dulces al paladar.
Nadie se acordará de ellos.
Los malvados son quebrantados como un árbol en medio de la tormenta.

21 Engañan a la mujer que no tiene hijo que la defienda
y se niegan a ayudar a la viuda necesitada.

22 »Dios, en su poder, arrastra a los ricos.
Puede ser que lleguen lejos, pero no tienen asegurada la vida.

23 Quizá se les permita vivir seguros,
pero Dios siempre los vigila.

24 Aunque ahora son importantes,
en un momento habrán desaparecido como todos los demás,
cortados como las espigas del grano.

25 ¿Puede alguien decir lo contrario?
¿Quién puede demostrar que estoy equivocado?».

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.