22 “But God draws the mighty away with His power; He rises up, but no man is sure of life.
23 He gives them security, and they rely onit; Yet aHis eyes are on their ways.
24 They are1 exalted for a little while, Then they are gone. They are brought low; They are taken out of the way like all others; They dry out like the heads of grain.
25 “Now if itis not so, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech worth nothing?”
Job repeats what he said ( 0:0-1:1—and they are no more! They are brought low, as all (others) gather up their feet to die" (so the Hebrew of "are taken out of the way"). A natural death (Genesis 49:33).
ears of corn—in a ripe and full age, not prematurely (Job 5:26).
Job 24:22-25
Reply of Job to the opinion of the friends. Experience proves the contrary. Translate: "But He (God) prolongeth the life of (literally, draweth out at length; Psalms 36:10, Margin) the mighty with His (God's) power. He (the wicked) riseth up (from his sick bed) although he had given up hope of (literally, when he no longer believed in) life" (Deuteronomy 28:66).
Job 24:2-24
Instances of the wicked doing the worst deeds with seeming impunity (Job 24:2-24).
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