Job 24:1

Job's Eighth Speech, Continued

¹ “Why does the Almighty not set seasons for judgment?
Why do those who know Him not see His days [for punishment of the wicked]?
²
“Some remove the landmarks;
They [violently] seize and pasture flocks [appropriating land and flocks openly].

Bring Judgment

Mighty One

Job

No

Acts 1:7

He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority.

Genesis 7:4

For in seven days I am going to cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and I will destroy (blot out, wipe away) every living thing that I have made from the surface of the earth.”

Genesis 18:17

The Lord said, “Shall I keep secret from Abraham [My friend and servant] what I am going to do,

Genesis 18:20-21

And the Lord said, “The outcry [of the sin] of Sodom and Gomorrah is indeed great, and their sin is exceedingly grave.

Psalm 9:10

And those who know Your name [who have experienced Your precious mercy] will put their confident trust in You,
For You, O Lord, have not abandoned those who seek You.

Psalm 31:15

My times are in Your hands;
Rescue me from the hand of my enemies and from those who pursue and persecute me.

Psalm 36:10

O continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You,
And Your righteousness (salvation) to the upright in heart.

Psalm 73:16-19

When I considered how to understand this,
It was too great an effort for me and too painful

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said to myself, “God will judge both the righteous and the wicked,” for there is a time [appointed] for every matter and for every deed.

Ecclesiastes 8:6-7

For there is a proper time and [appropriate] procedure for every delight,
Though mankind’s misery and trouble lies heavily upon him [who rebels against the king].

Ecclesiastes 9:11-12

I again saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift and the battle is not to the strong, and neither is bread to the wise nor riches to those of intelligence and understanding nor favor to men of ability; but time and chance overtake them all.

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts will have a day of reckoning
Against all who are proud and arrogant
And against all who are lifted up,
That they may be degraded.

Isaiah 60:22

“The smallest one will become a thousand (a clan),
And the least one a mighty nation.
I, the Lord, will quicken it in its [appointed] time.”

Jeremiah 12:1-3

You, O Lord are [uncompromisingly] righteous and consistently just when I plead my case with You;
Yet let me discuss issues of justice with You:
Why has the way of the wicked prospered?
Why are those who deal in treachery (deceit) at ease and thriving?

Jeremiah 46:10

For that day belongs to the Lord God of hosts,
A day of vengeance, that He may avenge Himself on His adversaries.
And the sword will devour and be satiated
And drink its fill of their blood;
For the Lord God of hosts has a sacrifice [like that of a great sin offering]
In the north country by the river Euphrates.

Daniel 2:21

“It is He who changes the times and the seasons;
He removes kings and establishes kings.
He gives wisdom to the wise
And [greater] knowledge to those who have understanding!

Matthew 24:38

For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the [very] day when Noah entered the ark,

Luke 21:22-24

for these are days of vengeance [of rendering full justice or satisfaction], so that all things which are written will be fulfilled.

John 17:3

Now this is eternal life: that they may know You, the only true [supreme and sovereign] God, and [in the same manner know] Jesus [as the] Christ whom You have sent.

Acts 17:26

And He made from one man every nation of mankind to live on the face of the earth, having determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands and territories.

Romans 2:5

But because of your callous stubbornness and unrepentant heart you are [deliberately] storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

1 Thessalonians 5:1

Now as to the times and dates, brothers and sisters, you have no need for anything to be written to you.

1 Timothy 4:1

But the [Holy] Spirit explicitly and unmistakably declares that in later times some will turn away from the faith, paying attention instead to deceitful and seductive spirits and doctrines of demons,

1 Timothy 6:15

which He will bring about in His own time—He who is the blessed and only Sovereign [the absolute Ruler], the King of those who reign as kings and Lord of those who rule as lords,

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with false arguments and twisted doctrine. Their sentence [of condemnation which God has decreed] from a time long ago is not idle [but is still in force], and their destruction and deepening misery is not asleep [but is on its way].

2 Peter 3:7-8

But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, being kept for the day of judgment and destruction of the ungodly people.