Job 24:23, Ecc 9:9 | JFB | STEP | 23. Literally, "He (God omitted, as often; ; reverentially) giveth to him (the wicked, to be) in safety, or security." yet —Job means, How strange that God should so favor them, and yet have His eyes all the time open to their wicked ways ( )!

Job 24:23

23. Literally, "He (God omitted, as often; Job 3:20; Ec 9:9; reverentially) giveth to him (the wicked, to be) in safety, or security."

yet—Job means, How strange that God should so favor them, and yet have His eyes all the time open to their wicked ways (Pr 15:3; Ps 73:4)!

Ecclesiastes 9:9

9. wife . . . lovest—godly and true love, opposed to the "snares" of the "thousand" concubines (Ec 7:26, 28), "among" whom Solomon could not find the true love which joins one man to one woman (Pr 5:15, 18, 19; 18:22; 19:14).