1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
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And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own power.
I said in mine heart, God shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. …
Because to every purpose there is time and judgment, therefore the misery of man is great upon him. …
For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)Job’s friends had been very positive in it that they should soon see the fall of wicked people, how much soever they might prosper for a while. By no means, says Job; though times are not hidden from the Almighty , yet those that know him do not presently see his day , Job 24:1. 1. He takes it for granted that times are not hidden from the Almighty; past times are not hidden from his judgment (Ecc…
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