The Meaning of Job 24:25 Explained

Job 24:25

KJV: And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

YLT: And if not now, who doth prove me a liar, And doth make of nothing my word?

Darby: If it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

ASV: And if it be not so now, who will prove me a liar, And make my speech nothing worth?

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 24:25?

MEANING: What does Job 24:25 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 24:25 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 24:25?

What is the context of Job 24:25?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

What does Job 24:25 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 24:1-25 - Not Here, But Hereafter

Job laments that the times of punishment are not so explained by God, that those who know Him may see and understand His reasons. He then turns to describe the life of the ungodly, who do dark deeds with apparent impunity. A very sad catalogue of crimes follows. The oppression of the needy, the driving away of the ass of the fatherless, the taking of the widow's ox for a pledge, the frequenting of the wilderness, the plunder of caravans regardless of the claims of pity, the stealing of oil and wine from those who had labored to produce them, the murdering of the poor laboring man at the dawn, the commission of crimes at night-such are the iniquities which are described. And these crimes are still committed in so-called Christian lands. Wonderful that God should bear with us, but His long-suffering would fain lead men to repent. It is only after long forbearing and trial that He cuts down.

In his closing words, Job 24:18-21, Job quotes the opinion of his friends as to the condition of the ungodly, that they pass away swiftly as the waters, and are snapped as a branch of a tree. And, in opposition, he states his own view, Job 24:23-25, that they die in exalted positions, not by a painful and lingering death, but as corn in the maturity of the ear. This also is true. Wicked men do not always meet their deserts in this world. In the next world penalty is inevitable. [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 24

¹ Wickedness often goes unpunished
¹⁷ There is a secret judgment for the wicked

What do the individual words in Job 24:25 mean?

And if [it is] not [so] - who will prove me a liar and make worth nothing my speech -

וְאִם־ לֹ֣א אֵ֭פוֹ מִ֣י יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִי וְיָשֵׂ֥ם לְ֝אַ֗ל מִלָּתִֽי ס

וְאִם־	And if
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Conjunction Root: אִם Sense: if.
לֹ֣א	[it is] not [so]
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle Root: הֲלֹא Sense: not, no.
אֵ֭פוֹ	-
Parse: Conjunction Root: אֵפֹוא Sense: then, now, so.
יַכְזִיבֵ֑נִי	will prove me a liar
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular, first person common singular Root: כָּזַב Sense: to lie, tell a lie, be a liar, be found a liar, be in vain, fail.
וְיָשֵׂ֥ם	and make worth
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive imperfect Jussive, third person masculine singular Root: שׂוּמָה Sense: to put, place, set, appoint, make.
לְ֝אַ֗ל	nothing
Parse: Preposition-l, Adverb Root: אַל Sense: not, no, nor, neither, nothing (as wish or preference).
מִלָּתִֽי	my speech
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, first person common singular Root: מִלָּה Sense: word, speech, utterance.
ס	-
Parse: Punctuation

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