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Job 24 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Matthew Henry 4 John Wesley 1

“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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