Job 24:23

²¹ They prey on the barren and childless, and show no kindness to the widow.

²² Yet by His power, God drags away the mighty; though rising up, they have no assurance of life.

He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.

²⁴ 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.

²⁵ If this is not so, then who can prove me a liar and reduce my words to nothing?”

Dette ble sagt til Israel i en bestemt tid, så det er lurt å lese det sammen med teksten rundt. Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB: Han lar dem leve i trygghet og støtter dem; hans øyne våker over deres veier.
OTB: Han gir dem trygghet, og de blir støttet;
Og Hans øyne er på deres veier.
B1930: Han lar dem leve i trygghet og støtter dem; hans øine våker over deres veier.

BSB: He gives them a sense of security, but His eyes are on their ways.
KJV: Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways.
WEB: God gives them security, and they rest in it. His eyes are on their ways.
ASV: [God] giveth them to be in security, and they rest thereon; And his eyes are upon their ways.
DARBY: [God] setteth him in safety, and he resteth thereon; but his eyes are upon their ways.
BLB: He gives to him security, and he is supported; and his eyes [are] on their ways.

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Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, observing the evil and the good.
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Revelation 2:23
Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
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1 Thessalonians 5:3
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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Psalms 73:3–12
For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
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Amos 8:7
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
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Isaiah 10:8–11
“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
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Proverbs 5:21
For a man’s ways are before the eyes of the LORD, and the LORD examines all his paths.
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Ecclesiastes 5:8
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
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