Job 24:7-17

7 Pasan la noche desnudos, sin ropa, y no tienen cobertura contra el frío.

8 Mojados están con los aguaceros de los montes, y se abrazan a la peña por falta de abrigo.

9 Otros arrancan al huérfano del pecho, y contra el pobre exigen prenda.

10 Hacen que el pobre ande desnudo, sin ropa, y al hambriento quitan las gavillas.

11 Entre sus paredes producen aceite; pisan los lagares, pero pasan sed.

12 Desde la ciudad gimen los hombres, y claman las almas de los heridos, pero Dios no hace caso a su oración.

13 Otros han estado con los que se rebelan contra la luz; no quieren conocer sus caminos, ni morar en sus sendas.

14 Al amanecer se levanta el asesino; mata al pobre y al necesitado, y de noche es como un ladrón.

15 El ojo del adúltero espera el anochecer, diciendo: "Ningún ojo me verá", y disfraza su rostro.

16 En la oscuridad minan las casas, y de día se encierran; no conocen la luz.

17 Porque para él la mañana es como densa oscuridad, pues está acostumbrado a los terrores de la densa oscuridad.

Job 24:7-17 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.