Job 24:1

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מַדּ֗וּעַ מִ֭שַׁדַּי לֹא־נִצְפְּנ֣וּ עִתִּ֑ים וְ֝יֹדְעָ֗יו לֹא־חָ֥זוּ יָמָֽיו

Transliteration

Why from Shadday not nitspənu ʿittîm and yōdəʿāw not ḥāzû his yāmāw

Grammar Details

• *Shadday*: divine name with preposition *mi-*, 'from Almighty'
• *nitspənu*: niphal perfect 3rd person plural - 'are hidden/stored'
• *ʿittîm*: noun masculine plural - 'times/seasons'
• *yōdəʿāw*: qal participle masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'those knowing him'
• *ḥāzû*: qal perfect 3rd person plural - 'see/perceive'
• *yāmāw*: noun masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - 'his days'

Word Meanings

• *Shadday*: the Almighty/All-sufficient One
• *nitspənu*: are hidden/stored/reserved
• *ʿittîm*: times/seasons/appointed periods
• *yōdəʿāw*: those who know him/his acquaintances
• *ḥāzû*: see/perceive/behold
• *yāmāw*: his days/times/judgments

Referenced Verses

• Acts 1:7 : 7 And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
• Eccl 3:17 : 17 I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
• Eccl 8:6-7 : 6 Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. 7 For he knoweth not that which shall be: for who can tell him when it shall be?
• 2 Pet 3:7-8 : 7 But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
• Eccl 9:11-12 : 11 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. 12 For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them.
• Isa 2:12 : 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low:
• Isa 60:22 : 22 A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the LORD will hasten it in his time.
• Jer 12:1-3 : 1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. 3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
• Jer 46:10 : 10 For this is the day of the Lord GOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the Lord GOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the north country by the river Euphrates.
• Dan 2:21 : 21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
• Matt 24:38 : 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
• Luke 21:22-24 : 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
• John 17:3 : 3 And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.
• Acts 17:26 : 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation;
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• 1 Thess 5:1 : 1 But of the times and the seasons, brethren, ye have no need that I write unto you.
• 1 Tim 4:1 : 1 Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils;
• 1 Tim 6:15 : 15 Which in his times he shall shew, who is the blessed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;
• 2 Pet 2:3 : 3 And through covetousness shall they with feigned words make merchandise of you: whose judgment now of a long time lingereth not, and their damnation slumbereth not.
• Gen 7:4 : 4 For yet seven days, and I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days and forty nights; and every living substance that I have made will I destroy from off the face of the earth.
• Gen 18:17 : 17 And the LORD said, Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do;
• Gen 18:20-21 : 20 And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous; 21 I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
• Ps 9:10 : 10 And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee: for thou, LORD, hast not forsaken them that seek thee.
• Ps 31:15 : 15 My times are in thy hand: deliver me from the hand of mine enemies, and from them that persecute me.
• Ps 36:10 : 10 O continue thy lovingkindness unto them that know{H8802)} thee; and thy righteousness to the upright in heart.
• Ps 73:16-19 : 16 When I thought{H8762)} to know{H8800)} this, it was too painful for me; 17 Until I went{H8799)} into the sanctuary of God; then understood{H8799)} I their end. 18 Surely thou didst set{H8799)} them in slippery places: thou castedst them down{H8689)} into destruction. 19 How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly{H8804)} consumed{H8804)} with terrors.