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Job 24:22

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24:22But God43 drags off the mighty by his power;

when God44 rises up against him, he has no faith in his life.45

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Footnotes

  1. 43 God has to be the subject of this clause. None is stated in the Hebrew text, but “God” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
  2. 44 Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity. See the note on the word “life” at the end of the line.
  3. 45 This line has been given a number of interpretations due to its cryptic form. The verb יָקוּם (yaqum) means “he rises up.” It probably is meant to have God as the subject, and be subordinated as a temporal clause to what follows. The words “against him” are not in the Hebrew text, but have been supplied in the translation to specify the object and indicate that “rise up” is meant in a hostile sense. The following verb וְלֹא־יַאֲמִין (vélo’-ya’amin), by its very meaning of “and he does not believe,” cannot have God as the subject, but must refer to the wicked.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Yet God prolongs the life of the mighty by his power;

they rise up when they despair of life.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But God drags away the mighty by his power;

though they become established, they have no assurance of life.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Yet God drags away the mighty by his power;

when he rises up, they have no assurance of life.

NLTNew Living Translation

“God, in his power, drags away the rich.

They may rise high, but they have no assurance of life.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Yet he carries off the tyrants by his strength;

if he rises up, then he cannot be certain of life.

KJV 1900King James Version

He draweth also the mighty with his power:

He riseth up, and no man is sure of life.