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yet his eyes <i>are</i> upon their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/24.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He gives them security, and they rely <i>on it;</i> Yet His eyes <i>are</i> on their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/24.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“He provides them with security, and they are supported; And His eyes are on their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/24.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He provides them with security, and they are supported; And His eyes are on their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/24.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He provides them with security, and they are supported; And His eyes are on their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/24.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He provides them with security, and they are supported; And His eyes are on their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/24.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“God gives them security, and they are supported; And His eyes are on their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/24.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it, but his eyes watch over their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/24.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He gives them a sense of security, so they can rely on it, but His eyes watch over their ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/24.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/24.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />God may let them feel secure, but they are never out of his sight. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/24.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />God giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; and his eyes are upon their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/24.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[God] may let them feel confident and self-reliant, but his eyes are on their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/24.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />God may let them live secure, but keeps an eye on them all the time. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/24.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He gives them security and financial support, but he watches everything they do.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/24.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/24.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />God may let them rest in a feeling of security, but he is constantly watching all their ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/24.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/24.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Though it is given him to be in safety, on which he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/24.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/24.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />He gives to him confidence, and he is supported, "" And His eyes [are] on their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/24.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> He giveth to him confidence, and he is supported, And his eyes are on their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/24.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />It will he given to him for confidence, and he will rest upon: and his eyes upon their ways.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/24.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />God hath given him place for penance, and he abuseth it unto pride: but his eyes are upon his ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/24.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />God has given him a place for repentance, and he abuses it with arrogance, but his eyes are upon his ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/24.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />he gives safety and support, and his eyes are on their ways. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/24.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />He gives them security, and they are supported; his eyes are upon their ways.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/24.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Though he be granted safety, wherein he has confidence, yet his eyes are upon his own evil ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/24.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And he will dwell in quietness and his eyes will be confident also on their ways<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/24.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth, Yet His eyes are upon their ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/24.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />When he has fallen sick, let him not hope to recover: but let him perish by disease.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/24-23.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=3798" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/24.htm">Job: Judgment for the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">22</span>Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life. <span class="reftext">23</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: yit·ten- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">He gives</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/983.htm" title="983: lā·ḇe·ṭaḥ (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Security. From batach; properly, a place of refuge; abstract, safety, both the fact and the feeling; often safely.">a sense of security,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8172.htm" title="8172: wə·yiš·šā·‘ên (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjImperf-3ms) -- To lean, support oneself. A primitive root; to support one's self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: wə·‘ê·nê·hū (Conj-w:: N-cdc:: 3ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">but His eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">are on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: dar·ḵê·hem (N-cpc:: 3mp) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">their ways.</a> </span><span class="reftext">24</span>They are exalted for a moment, then they are gone; they are brought low and gathered up like all others; they are cut off like heads of grain.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-35.htm">Psalm 37:35-36</a></span><br />I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, / yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-12.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:12-13</a></span><br />Although a sinner does evil a hundred times and still lives long, yet I also know that it will go well with those who fear God, who are reverent in His presence. / Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-18.htm">Psalm 73:18-20</a></span><br />Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin. / How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors! / Like one waking from a dream, so You, O Lord, awaken and despise their form.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1-2</a></span><br />Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? / You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/habakkuk/1-13.htm">Habakkuk 1:13</a></span><br />Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/92-7.htm">Psalm 92:7</a></span><br />that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/14-32.htm">Proverbs 14:32</a></span><br />The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/49-16.htm">Psalm 49:16-17</a></span><br />Do not be afraid when a man grows rich, when the splendor of his house increases. / For when he dies, he will carry nothing away; his abundance will not follow him down.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/26-10.htm">Isaiah 26:10</a></span><br />Though grace is shown to the wicked man, he does not learn righteousness. In the land of righteousness he acts unjustly and fails to see the majesty of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/10-5.htm">Psalm 10:5-6</a></span><br />He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes. / He says to himself, “I will not be moved; from age to age I am free of distress.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a></span><br />that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-16.htm">Luke 12:16-21</a></span><br />Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance. / So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’ / Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4-5</a></span><br />Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance? / But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a></span><br />The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/5-5.htm">James 5:5</a></span><br />You have lived on earth in luxury and self-indulgence. You have fattened your hearts in the day of slaughter.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Though it be given him to be in safety, where on he rests; yet his eyes are on their ways.</p><p class="hdg">it be given</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/73-3.htm">Psalm 73:3-12</a></b></br> For I was envious at the foolish, <i>when</i> I saw the prosperity of the wicked… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1-3</a></b></br> Righteous <i>art</i> thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of <i>thy</i> judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? <i>wherefore</i> are all they happy that deal very treacherously? … </p><p class="hdg">whereon</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/8-11.htm">Ecclesiastes 8:11</a></b></br> Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/10-8.htm">Isaiah 10:8-11</a></b></br> For he saith, <i>Are</i> not my princes altogether kings? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/56-12.htm">Isaiah 56:12</a></b></br> Come ye, <i>say they</i>, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, <i>and</i> much more abundant.</p><p class="hdg">yet his eyes</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/10-13.htm">Psalm 10:13,14</a></b></br> Wherefore doth the wicked contemn God? he hath said in his heart, Thou wilt not require <i>it</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/11-4.htm">Psalm 11:4,5</a></b></br> The LORD <i>is</i> in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne <i>is</i> in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/5-21.htm">Proverbs 5:21</a></b></br> For the ways of man <i>are</i> before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/22-29.htm">Confidence</a> <a href="/job/11-19.htm">Danger</a> <a href="/job/22-29.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/job/24-17.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/job/12-25.htm">Feeling</a> <a href="/job/24-22.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/revelation/13-17.htm">Provides</a> <a href="/job/24-7.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/judges/16-26.htm">Resteth</a> <a href="/job/11-18.htm">Safety</a> <a href="/job/22-6.htm">Security</a> <a href="/job/22-9.htm">Support</a> <a href="/job/4-4.htm">Supported</a> <a href="/job/21-6.htm">Thereon</a> <a href="/job/24-13.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/esther/7-8.htm">Whereon</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/29-24.htm">Confidence</a> <a href="/job/40-23.htm">Danger</a> <a href="/job/25-5.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/job/25-2.htm">Fear</a> <a href="/job/31-27.htm">Feeling</a> <a href="/job/32-8.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/job/36-31.htm">Provides</a> <a href="/job/27-19.htm">Rest</a> <a href="/job/30-27.htm">Resteth</a> <a href="/job/30-15.htm">Safety</a> <a href="/job/31-24.htm">Security</a> <a href="/job/31-21.htm">Support</a> <a href="/job/31-21.htm">Supported</a> <a href="/job/36-25.htm">Thereon</a> <a href="/job/26-14.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/songs/4-4.htm">Whereon</a><div class="vheading2">Job 24</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-1.htm">Wickedness often goes unpunished</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/24-17.htm">There is a secret judgment for the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/24.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/24.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He gives them a sense of security</b><br>This phrase reflects the common biblical theme of God's providence and the temporary security that the wicked may experience. In the context of Job, it highlights the perplexing reality that those who do wrong often seem to prosper. This is consistent with other wisdom literature, such as <a href="/psalms/73.htm">Psalm 73</a>, where the psalmist struggles with the prosperity of the wicked. Theologically, it suggests that God allows a measure of security to all, as part of His common grace, which is extended to both the righteous and the unrighteous (<a href="/matthew/5-45.htm">Matthew 5:45</a>).<p><b>but His eyes are on their ways</b><br>This part of the verse emphasizes God's omniscience and justice. While the wicked may feel secure, God is fully aware of their actions and intentions. This aligns with <a href="/proverbs/15-3.htm">Proverbs 15:3</a>, which states, "The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good." It reassures believers that God is not indifferent to injustice and that He will ultimately hold everyone accountable. This also foreshadows the final judgment, where all deeds will be brought to light (<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-14.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:14</a>, <a href="/revelation/20-12.htm">Revelation 20:12</a>). The phrase underscores the biblical truth that nothing is hidden from God, and His justice will prevail in His perfect timing.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure in the Book of Job, a man of great faith and patience who undergoes severe trials and suffering.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The sovereign Creator who allows Job's trials and is the ultimate judge of human actions.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>In the context of <a href="/bsb/job/24.htm">Job 24</a>, these are individuals who seem to prosper despite their unrighteousness.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_friends_of_job.htm">The Friends of Job</a></b><br>Although not directly mentioned in this verse, they are part of the broader account, offering their perspectives on suffering and divine justice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_uz.htm">The Land of Uz</a></b><br>The setting of the Book of Job, traditionally considered to be in the region of Edom or northern Arabia.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_omniscience.htm">God's Sovereignty and Omniscience</a></b><br>God allows people to feel secure, but His omniscient eyes are always on their ways. This reminds us that nothing escapes God's notice, and His justice will ultimately prevail.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_illusion_of_security.htm">The Illusion of Security</a></b><br>The wicked may feel secure in their ways, but this security is temporary and deceptive. True security is found only in a right relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_patience_of_god.htm">The Patience of God</a></b><br>God's patience with the wicked is an opportunity for repentance. Believers should pray for the salvation of those who seem to prosper in their wickedness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_justice.htm">Trust in God's Justice</a></b><br>Even when the wicked seem to prosper, believers are called to trust in God's perfect justice and timing. Our focus should be on living righteously and leaving judgment to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_24.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 24</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/play_drum_for_newborn_king.htm">Is being wealthy considered sinful?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_definition_of_actual_grace.htm">How can a young man purify his path?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_believers_face_severe_hardships.htm">If Psalm 66:10 says God tests and refines like silver, why do faithful believers still experience severe hardships that seem more destructive than purifying?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_god's_'lamp'_tangibly_guide_job.htm">Is there any evidence that God's 'lamp' or presence (Job 29:2-3) tangibly guided him, considering modern scientific understanding?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/24.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(23) <span class= "bld">Though it be given.</span>--"Yea, he, that is each of them, giveth him tribute, &c., that he may be secure and stable."<p><span class= "bld">Yet his eyes</span>--that is, the great tyrant's eyes--<span class= "bld">are upon their ways.</span>--They are exalted for a little while, but are soon gone, and are taken out of the way like all others. Some understand the subject of the first verb, "he giveth him to be in security," to be God, and that also makes very good sense, for while God so allows him to be secure, His eyes are on their ways, the ways of all of them. In this case, however, <a href="/job/24-24.htm" title="They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.">Job 24:24</a> does not correspond so well with what Job has already said of the impunity with which the wicked are wicked, unless indeed the <span class= "ital">suddenness </span>of their fate is the main point of his remarks, as in <a href="/job/24-19.htm" title="Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so does the grave those which have sinned.">Job 24:19</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/24.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 23.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth</span>; rather, <span class="accented">he</span> (<span class="accented">i.e.</span> <span class="accented">God</span>) <span class="accented">granteth him to be in security</span> <span class="accented">and thereon he resteth</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> God allows the escape of the wicked man from his trouble, and lets him live on, safe and secure, and the man himself rests on the security thus afforded him, quite contented with it. Yet his eyes are upon their ways. God's eyes are still upon the ways of the wicked: they are, or seem to be, the objects of a special providential care. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/24-23.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He gives</span><br /><span class="heb">יִתֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(yit·ten-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">ל֣וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(lōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">a sense of security,</span><br /><span class="heb">לָ֭בֶטַח</span> <span class="translit">(lā·ḇe·ṭaḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_983.htm">Strong's 983: </a> </span><span class="str2">A place of refuge, safety, safely</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but His eyes</span><br /><span class="heb">וְ֝עֵינֵ֗יהוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ê·nê·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - cdc | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">are on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their ways.</span><br /><span class="heb">דַּרְכֵיהֶֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(dar·ḵê·hem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/24-23.htm">Job 24:23 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/24-23.htm">Job 24:23 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/24-23.htm">Job 24:23 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/24-23.htm">Job 24:23 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/24-23.htm">Job 24:23 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/24-23.htm">Job 24:23 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/24-23.htm">Job 24:23 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/24-23.htm">Job 24:23 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/24-23.htm">Job 24:23 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/24-23.htm">Job 24:23 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/24-23.htm">OT Poetry: Job 24:23 God gives them security and they rest (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/24-22.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 24:22"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 24:22" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/24-24.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 24:24"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 24:24" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>