Christian Standard Bible
Job 34:25
25Therefore, he recognizes their deeds and overthrows them by night, and they are crushed.
Job 34:25 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore he knoweth their works, and he overturneth them in the night, so that they are destroyed.
- New International Version (NIV)Because he takes note of their deeds, he overthrows them in the night and they are crushed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Thus, knowing their works, he overturns them in the night, and they are crushed.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore He knows their works; He overthrows them in the night, And they are crushed.
Context of Job 34:25
23God does not need to examine a person further, that one should approach him in court. 24He shatters the mighty without an investigation and sets others in their place. Therefore, he recognizes their deeds and overthrows them by night, and they are crushed. 26In full view of the public, he strikes them for their wickedness, 27because they turned aside from following him and did not understand any of his ways
Read all of Job 34Job 34:25 word by word
לָכֵ֗ן יַ֭כִּיר מַעְבָּֽדֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָ֥פַךְ לַ֝֗יְלָה וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 34:25
- Psalms 33:15He forms the hearts of them all; he considers all their works.
- Isaiah 66:18“Knowing their works and their thoughts, I have come to gather all nations and languages; they will come and see my glory.
- Hosea 7:2But they never consider that I remember all their evil. Now their actions are all around them; they are right in front of my face.
- Amos 8:7The Lord has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: I will never forget all their deeds.
- Revelation 20:12I also saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. Another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged according to their works by what was written in the books.
- Job 34:20They die suddenly in the middle of the night; people shudder, then pass away. Even the mighty are removed without effort.
- Isaiah 15:1A pronouncement concerning Moab: Ar in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night. Kir in Moab is devastated, destroyed in a night.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:2For you yourselves know very well that the day of the Lord will come just like a thief in the night.
Commentaries on Job 34:25
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25He knoweth their works - He knows what they have done, and what they are plotting to do. He overturneth them in the night - In the revolution of a single night the plenitude of power on which the day closed is annihilated. See the cases of Belshazzar and Babylon.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Therefore he knoweth their works - Or, “Because he knoweth their works.” The word (לכן lākên ) here rendered “therefore” is evidently used as denoting that since or because he was intimately acquainted with all which they did, he could justly bring vengeance upon them without long investigation. And he overturneth them in the night - literally, “he turneth night;” meaning, probably, he turns night upon them; that is, he brings calamity upon them. The…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. 2525. Therefore--because He knows all things (Job 34:21). He knows their works, without a formal investigation (Job 34:24). in the night--suddenly, unexpectedly (Job 34:20). Fitly in the night, as it was in it that the godless hid themselves (Job 34:22). Umbreit, less simply, for "overturneth," translates, "walketh"; that is, God is ever on the alert, discovering all wickedness.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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