Job 24:1

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Why are times not kept by the Almighty, and why do those who know him never see his days?

Cross References

Genesis 18:17

The Lord said, “Shall I hide from Abraham what I am about to do,

Genesis 7:4

For in seven days I will send rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights, and every living thing that I have made I will blot out from the face of the ground.”

Job 15:20

The wicked writhe in pain all their days, through all the years that are laid up for the ruthless.

Psalm 31:15

My times are in your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies and persecutors.

Psalm 36:10

O continue your steadfast love to those who know you and your salvation to the upright of heart!

Psalm 9:10

And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Ecclesiastes 3:17

I said to myself, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, for he has appointed a time for every matter and for every work.”

Isaiah 2:12

For the Lord of hosts has a day against all that is proud and lofty, against all that is lifted up and high;

Isaiah 60:22

The least of them shall become a clan and the smallest one a mighty nation; I am the Lord; in its time I will accomplish it quickly.

Jeremiah 46:10

That day is the day of the Lord God of hosts, a day of retribution, to gain vindication from his foes. The sword shall devour and be sated and drink its fill of their blood. For the Lord God of hosts holds a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.

Daniel 2:21

He changes times and seasons, deposes kings and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who have understanding.

Obadiah 1:15

For the day of the Lord is near against all the nations. As you have done, it shall be done to you; your deeds shall return on your own head.

Zephaniah 1:7

Be silent before the Lord God, for the day of the Lord is at hand! The Lord has prepared a sacrifice; he has consecrated his guests.

Matthew 24:38

For as in the days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark,

John 17:3

And this is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.

Acts 1:7

He replied, “It is not for you to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.

Acts 17:26

From one ancestor he made all peoples to inhabit the whole earth, and he allotted the times of their existence and the boundaries of the places where they would live,

Romans 2:5

But by your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.

1 Thessalonians 5:1

Now concerning the times and the seasons, brothers and sisters, you do not need to have anything written to you.

1 Timothy 4:1

Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will renounce the faith by paying attention to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons,

1 Timothy 6:15

which he will bring about at the right time—he who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords.

2 Peter 2:3

And in their greed they will exploit you with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced against them long ago, has not been idle, and their destruction is not asleep.