For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his goings.
The verse stands in Elihu's speech to Job after the argument between Job and his friends closes. Elihu is a younger man who steps in thinking his superior wisdom will correct Job, and he follows about the same line as the other friends. His argument tries to convince Job that Job is not great in himself while God is everything, an argument Job does not answer and upon which no comment is given. It comes before the Lord's answer from the whirlwind, which points out God's mighty works and infinite power and wisdom in creation. By contrast that answer shows how exceedingly small Job is, teaching how little Job can understand God's moral dealings with men where eternal life is at stake.
It declares that God's eyes are upon every person's ways and conduct, and He sees all their actions and goings. No path or deed is hidden from Him. Therefore sin cannot be hidden from Him even when no other person knows of it. The following verse adds that darkness cannot conceal anyone from His sight.
It shows that God sees the sinner all the time, with His eyes upon the sinner's ways and goings. Though He will not behold sin, He constantly beholds the sinner, because He hates sin but loves the sinner. It means God is never absent but always present, and darkness and light are both alike to Him. So He sees and observes all that man does and must look on while it is done. Robbing Him of tithes and offerings is therefore irrational, because it is done not in secret or in the night when He does not see, but in the day while He is looking on. It leaves the robber exposed to punishment that is unavoidable and intolerable.
The verse stands in Elihu's speech to Job after the argument between Job and his friends closes. Elihu is a younger man who steps in thinking his superior wisdom will correct Job, and he follows about the same line as the other friends. His argument tries to convince Job that Job is not great in himself while God is everything, an argument Job does not answer and upon which no comment is given. It comes before the Lord's answer from the whirlwind, which points out God's mighty works and infinite power and wisdom in creation. By contrast that answer shows how exceedingly small Job is, teaching how little Job can understand God's moral dealings with men where eternal life is at stake.
It declares that God's eyes are upon every person's ways and conduct, and He sees all their actions and goings. No path or deed is hidden from Him. Therefore sin cannot be hidden from Him even when no other person knows of it. The following verse adds that darkness cannot conceal anyone from His sight.
It shows that God sees the sinner all the time, with His eyes upon the sinner's ways and goings. Though He will not behold sin, He constantly beholds the sinner, because He hates sin but loves the sinner. It means God is never absent but always present, and darkness and light are both alike to Him. So He sees and observes all that man does and must look on while it is done. Robbing Him of tithes and offerings is therefore irrational, because it is done not in secret or in the night when He does not see, but in the day while He is looking on. It leaves the robber exposed to punishment that is unavoidable and intolerable.