Job 24:23
Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 24 connects to 10 cross-references. Job asks why the Almighty does not set times of judgment in which the wicked are punished. He catalogs injustices that God apparently tolerates: the wicked move boundary stones, oppress the poor, take widows as pledges, and murderers operate under …
Other Translations
God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes <FI>are<Fi> on their ways.
He takes away his fear of danger and gives him support; and his eyes are on his ways.
Cross References
For he knoweth vain men: he seeth wickedness also; will he not then consider it?
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require it.
Thou hast seen it; for thou beholdest mischief and spite, to requite it with thy hand: the poor committeth himself …
The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord’s throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the …
The Lord trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
The eyes of the Lord are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.