Job 34:30

Job 34:30 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)That the hypocrite reign not, lest the people be ensnared.
• New International Version (NIV)to keep the godless from ruling, from laying snares for the people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)That the hypocrite should not reign, Lest the people be ensnared.

Context of Job 34:30

28So that they caused the cry of the poor to come to Him, And He heard the cry of the afflicted. 29When He keeps quiet, who then can condemn? When He hides His face [withdrawing His favor and help], who then can behold Him [and make supplication to Him], Whether it be a nation or a man by himself?— So that godless men would not rule Nor be snares for the people. 31“For has anyone said to God, ‘I have endured my chastisement; I will not offend anymore; 32Teach me what I do not see [in regard to how I have sinned]; If I have done wrong (injustice, unrighteousness), I will not do it again’?

Job 34:30 word by word

מִ֭מְּלֹךְ אָדָ֥ם חָנֵ֗ף מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי עָֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• That the hypocriteחָנֵףchânêph · profaneH2611
• That the hypocriteאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• not, lest the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• be ensnaredמוֹקֵשׁmôqêsh môqêsh · snareH4170

Cross-references for Job 34:30

• Job 34:21“For God’s eyes are on the ways of a man, And He sees all his steps.
• 1 Kings 12:28So the king took counsel [and followed bad advice] and made two calves of gold. And he said to the people, “It is too much for you to go [all the way] up to Jerusalem; behold your gods, O Israel, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.”
• 2 Kings 21:9But they did not listen; and Manasseh seduced them to do more evil than the nations whom the Lord destroyed before the sons (descendants) of Israel.
• Psalms 12:8The wicked strut about [in pompous self-importance] on every side, As vileness is exalted and baseness is prized among the sons of men.
• Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war, but one sinner destroys much good.
• Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed; he is broken and crushed by [divine] judgment, Because he was determined to follow man’s command (vanities, filth, secular precepts).
• Hosea 13:11I gave you a king in My anger, And I took him away in My wrath [as punishment].
• Micah 6:16For [you have kept] the statutes of Omri [the idolatrous king], And all the works of the [wicked] house (dynasty) of Ahab; And you walk in their counsels and policies. Therefore, I shall hand you over for destruction and horror And your [city’s] inhabitants for ridicule, And you shall bear the rebuke and scorn of My people.”
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4who opposes and exalts himself [so proudly and so insolently] above every so-called god or object of worship, so that he [actually enters and] takes his seat in the temple of God, publicly proclaiming that he himself is God.
• Revelation 13:3I saw one of his heads which seemed to have a fatal wound, but his fatal wound was healed; and the entire earth followed after the beast in amazement.

Commentaries on Job 34:30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 30That the hypocrite reign not - The Vulgate translates, Who causes a wicked man to reign because of the sins of the people. This was precisely the defense which Hegiage, the oppressive ruler of the Babylonian Irak, under the caliph Abdul Malec, made when he found the people in a state of insurrection. See at the end of the chapter, Job 34:37; (note).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 30That the hypocrite reign not - All this is done to prevent wicked men from ruling over the people. The remarks of Elihu had had respect much to princes and kings, and he had shown that however great they were, they were in the hands of God, and were wholly at his disposal. He “now” says that the design of his dealings with them was to prevent their oppressing their fellow-men. The general scope of the remarks of Elihu is, that God is the universal…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 16-30Verses 16-30 Elihu appeals directly to Job himself. Could he suppose that God was like those earthly princes, who hate right, who are unfit to rule, and prove the scourges of mankind? It is daring presumption to condemn God's proceedings, as Job had done by his discontents. Elihu suggests divers considerations to Job, to produce in him high thoughts of God, and so to persuade him to submit. Job had often wished to plead his cause before God. Elihu asks…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3030. Ensnared--into sin (1Ki 12:28, 30). Or rather, "enthralled by further oppression," Job 34:26-28.Read the comment

Topics related to Job 34:30

• God
• Hypocrisy
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
• Fit
• Godless
• Hypocrisy; Hyprocrite
• Reign

Commentaries on Job 34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings