Today’s passage: Job 24
Helpful thoughts:
- Job continues he reply to Eliphaz and his friends.
- The first verse asks these questions:
- Why aren’t the wicked seeing judgement?
- Why aren’t the righteous seeing that day of judgment against the wicked and the blessing/reward for the righteous?
- “His days” refers to the day of judgment.
- The fact that wickedness continues to abound in the world without immediate judgment is reiterated.
- Job’s friends have spoken of hypothetical sin in Job’s life that must have brought on God’s judgment.
- Job speaks of actual sin in the life of the powerful in the world which has not been regularly judged (Or put to a stop) by God.
Questions to consider:
- What does Job acknowledge comes to pass for all people, whether they are rich or poor? What will come about in the end for the wicked even if they don’t seem to suffer any hardships in this life? (Verse 24)
- What is Job’s challenge in the final verse? Would you argue any points to him in response?
- Why is there oppression in the world? When will all oppression cease? What are we to do in the meantime?