Berean Standard Bible

Job 34:16-30

16IfH518 you have understandingH998, hearH8085 thisH2063; listen toH238 H6963 my wordsH4405.17CouldH637 one who hatesH8130 justiceH4941 governH2280 H518? Will you condemnH7561 the justH6662 and mighty OneH3524,18who saysH559 to kingsH4428, ‘You are worthlessH1100!’ and toH413 noblesH5081, ‘You are wickedH7563,’19whoH834 is notH3808 partialH5375 H6440 to princesH8269 and does notH3808 favorH5234 richH7771 overH6440 poorH1800? ForH3588 they are allH3605 the workH4639 of His handsH3027.20They dieH4191 in an instantH7281, in the middleH2676 of the nightH3915. The peopleH5971 convulseH1607 and pass awayH5674; the mightyH47 are removedH5493 withoutH3808 human handH3027.

21ForH3588 His eyesH5869 are onH5921 the waysH1870 of a manH376,and He seesH7200 his every stepH3605 H6806.22There is noH369 darknessH2822 or deep shadowH6757whereH8033 the workersH6466 of iniquityH205 can hideH5641.23ForH3588 GodH410 need notH3808 H5921 examineH7760 a manH376 furtherH5750or have him approachH1980 H413 for judgmentH4941.24He shattersH7489 the mightyH3524 withoutH3808 inquiryH2714and sets upH5975 othersH312 in their placeH8478.25ThereforeH3651, He recognizesH5234 their deedsH4566;He overthrowsH2015 them in the nightH3915 and they are crushedH1792.26He strikes themH5606 forH8478 their wickednessH7563in fullH4725 viewH7200,27becauseH834 H5921 H3651 they turned asideH5493 from HimH310and had noH3808 regardH7919 for anyH3605 of His waysH1870.28They caused the cryH6818 of the poorH1800 to comeH935 before HimH5921,and He heardH8085 the outcryH6818 of the afflictedH6041.29But when HeH1931 remains silentH8252, whoH4310 can condemn HimH7561?When He hidesH5641 His faceH6440, whoH4310 can see HimH7789?Yet He watches overH5921 bothH3162 manH120 and nationH1471 H5921,30that godlessH2611 menH120 should not ruleH4427or lay snaresH4170 for the peopleH5971.

Commentaries on Job 34