--- title: "Bullinger" description: "Why . . . ? Figure of speech Erotesis . App-6 . times. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct) for the events which take place in them. THE ALM" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/job/24" --- **Why . . . ?** Figure of speech *Erotesis* . App-6 . **times.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct) for the events which take place in them. **THE ALMIGHTY.** Hebrew Shaddai. App-4 . **see** = perceive, or understand. **days.** Put by Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 , for His doings in them: e.g. visitation, or judgment, &c. Compare [Job 18:20](../../../kjv/job/18/20) . [Psalms 37:13](../../../kjv/psalms/37/13) ; [Psalms 137:7](../../../kjv/psalms/137/7) . [Ezekiel 21:29](../../../kjv/ezekiel/21/29) . [Obadiah 1:12](../../../kjv/obadiah/1/12) .[Luke 19:42](../../../kjv/luke/19/42) . [1 Corinthians 4:3](../../../kjv/1-corinthians/4/3) . **Some:** i.e. the lawless men, whose various crimes are detailed in the following verses. **landmarks.** Compare [Deuteronomy 19:14](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/19/14) . **take . . . for a pledge.** Compare [Job 24:9](../../../kjv/job/24/9) and [Deuteronomy 24:6](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/6) , [Deuteronomy 24:17](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/24/17) . [Amos 2:8](../../../kjv/amos/2/8) . **They: [while others].** See translation below. **poor** = wretched. **Behold.** Figure of speech *Asterismos* . App-6 . **children** = offspring. **every one.** Figure of speech *Ellipsis* . App-6 . **his corn.** Hebrew. *belilo* . But if divided thus, *beli lo* , it means "not his own". The word "corn" must be supplied as an *Ellipsis* of the accusative case. See translation below. **the wicked** = a lawless one. Hebrew. *rasha'* . App-44 . **naked.** Put by Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of the Whole), App-6 , for scantily clad, or threadbare. **Men.** Hebrew. *methim* . App-14 . **city.** The Septuagint adds "and houses". **GOD.** Hebrew Eloah. App-4 . **GOD.** There is a pause between [Job 24:12](../../../kjv/job/24/12) and [Job 24:13](../../../kjv/job/24/13) . "They" is emphatic = These. Note the three stages of the 1awless: (1) avoiding the light ([Job 24:16](../../../kjv/job/24/16) . [John 3:20](../../../kjv/john/3/20) ); (2) consequent ignorance; (3) final result. **and** = and [then again]. **twilight** = darkness. A Homonym. See notes on [1 Samuel 30:17](../../../kjv/1-samuel/30/17) . [2 Kings 7:5](../../../kjv/2-kings/7/5) . **they:** i.e. burglars. **if one know them.** See translation below. **he.** Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulgate, read "and he". **beholdeth** = returneth. **the** = to the. **the grave.** Hebrew Sheol. App-35 . **sinned.** Hebrew. *chata'* . App-44 . **wickedness.** Hebrew. *'aval* . App-44 . 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