Job 24:1

New International Reader's Version

“Why doesn’t the Mighty One set a time for judging sinful people? Why do those who know him have to keep waiting for that day?

Cross References

Genesis 18:17

Then the Lord said, “Should I hide from Abraham what I am about to do?

Genesis 7:4

Seven days from now I will send rain on the earth. It will rain for 40 days and 40 nights. I will destroy from the face of the earth every living creature I have made.”

Job 15:20

Sinful people always suffer pain. Mean people suffer all their lives.

Psalm 31:15

My whole life is in your hands. Save me from the hands of my enemies. Save me from those who are chasing me.

Psalm 36:10

Keep on loving those who know you. Keep on doing right to those whose hearts are honest.

Psalm 9:10

Lord, those who know you will trust in you. You have never deserted those who look to you.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said to myself, “God will judge godly and sinful people alike. He has a time for every act. He has a time to judge everything that is done.”

Isaiah 2:12

The Lord who rules over all has set apart a day when he will judge. He has set it apart for all those who are proud and think they are important. He has set it apart for all those who brag about themselves. All of them will be brought low.

Isaiah 60:22

The smallest family among you will become a tribe. The smallest tribe will become a mighty nation. I am the Lord. When it is the right time, I will act quickly.”

Jeremiah 46:10

But that day belongs to me. I am the Lord who rules over all. It is a day for me to pay back my enemies. My sword will eat until it is satisfied. It will drink until it is not thirsty for blood anymore. I am the Lord. I am the Lord who rules over all. I will offer a sacrifice. I will offer it in the land of the north by the Euphrates River.

Daniel 2:21

He changes times and seasons. He removes some kings from power. He causes other kings to rule. The wisdom of those who are wise comes from him. He gives knowledge to those who have understanding.

Obadiah 1:15

“The day of the Lord is near for all the nations. Others will do to you what you have done to them. You will be paid back for what you have done.

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent in front of him. He is the Lord and King. The day of the Lord is near. The Lord has prepared a sacrifice. He has set apart for himself the people he has invited.

Matthew 24:38

In the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking. They were getting married. They were giving their daughters to be married. They did all those things right up to the day Noah entered the ark.

John 17:3

And what is eternal life? It is knowing you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Acts 1:7

He said to them, “You should not be concerned about times or dates. The Father has set them by his own authority.

Acts 17:26

From one man he made all the people of the world. Now they live all over the earth. He decided exactly when they should live. And he decided exactly where they should live.

Romans 2:5

But you are stubborn. In your heart you are not sorry for your sins. You are storing up anger against yourself. The day of God’s anger is coming. Then his way of judging fairly will be shown.

1 Thessalonians 5:1

Brothers and sisters, we don’t have to write to you about times and dates.

1 Timothy 4:1

The Holy Spirit clearly says that in the last days some people will leave the faith. They will follow spirits that will fool them. They will believe things that demons will teach them.

1 Timothy 6:15

God will bring Jesus back at a time that pleases him. God is the blessed and only Ruler. He is the greatest King of all. He is the most powerful Lord of all.

2 Peter 2:3

These teachers are never satisfied. They want to get something out of you. So they make up stories to take advantage of you. They have been under a sentence of death for a long time. The God who will destroy them has not been sleeping.