Berean Standard Bible
Job 34:26
26He strikes them for their wickedness in full view,
Job 34:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
- New International Version (NIV)He punishes them for their wickedness where everyone can see them,
- English Standard Version (ESV)He strikes them for their wickedness in a place for all to see,
- New King James Version (NKJV)He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others,
Context of Job 34:26
24He shatters the mighty without inquiry and sets up others in their place. 25Therefore, He recognizes their deeds; He overthrows them in the night and they are crushed. He strikes them for their wickedness in full view, 27because they turned aside from Him and had no regard for any of His ways. 28They caused the cry of the poor to come before Him, and He heard the outcry of the afflicted.
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תַּֽחַת־רְשָׁעִ֥ים סְפָקָ֗ם בִּמְק֥וֹם רֹאִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 34:26
- Exodus 14:30That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore.
- Deuteronomy 13:9Instead, you must surely kill him. Your hand must be the first against him to put him to death, and then the hands of all the people.
- Deuteronomy 21:21Then all the men of his city will stone him to death. So you must purge the evil from among you, and all Israel will hear and be afraid.
- 2 Samuel 12:11This is what the LORD says: ‘I will raise up adversity against you from your own house. Before your very eyes I will take your wives and give them to another, and he will lie with them in broad daylight.
- Psalms 58:10The righteous will rejoice when they see they are avenged; they will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked.
- Isaiah 66:24“As they go forth, they will see the corpses of the men who have rebelled against Me; for their worm will never die, their fire will never be quenched, and they will be a horror to all mankind.”
- 1 Timothy 5:20But those who persist in sin should be rebuked in front of everyone, so that the others will stand in fear of sin.
- Revelation 18:9Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her.
Commentaries on Job 34:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26He striketh them as wicked men - At other times he executes his judgments more openly; and they are suddenly destroyed in the sight of the people.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26He striketh them as wicked men - literally, “Under the wicked, or on account of the wicked, he smites them.” That is, he deals with them “as if” they were wicked; he regards and treats them as such. He deals with them “under” the general character of wicked people, and punishes them accordingly. In the open sight of others - Margin, as in Hebrew “in the place of beholders.” The idea is, that it is done openly or publicly. Their sins had been committed in…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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26When God shows justice openly, it causes evil people to have proper fear (Deuteronomy 21:21; 1 Timothy 5:20). This leads to public joy among people in a right relationship with God (compare Exodus 14:30–31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. He striketh them--chasteneth. as--that is, because they are wicked. sight of others--Sinners hid themselves in darkness; therefore they are punished before all, in open day. Image from the place of public execution (Job 40:12; Ex 14:30; 2Sa 12:12).Read the comment
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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
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