Passage Research
Job 24 — Sermon Preparation
Job questions why God does not set appointed times for judgment as he catalogues the crimes of the violent who oppress the poor. Below is a research summary for Job 24, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 25
- verses
- 203 / 153
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 2
- preachers & commentators
Job 24 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גָּזַל | gâzal | H1497 | 3 | pluck off, flay |
| דֶּרֶךְ | derek | H1870 | 4 | road, trodden |
| אוֹר | ʼôwr | H216 | 3 | illumination, luminary |
| עָרוֹם | ʻârôwm | H6174 | 2 | nude |
| צַלְמָוֶת | tsalmâveth | H6757 | 2 | shade of death, grave |
| חָבַל | châbal | H2254 | 2 | wind, bind |
| שׂוּם | sûwm | H7760 | 3 | put |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Job 24, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Sometimes how gradual is the decay, how quiet the departure of a wicked person, how is he honoured, and how soon are all his cruelties and oppressions forgotten! They are taken off with other men, as the harvestman gathers the ears of corn as they come to hand. There will often appear much to resemble the wrong view of Providence Job takes in this chapter. But we are taught by the word of inspiration, that these notions are formed in ignorance, from partial views. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Job 24:18–30 (Public Domain)
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