Job 34:25

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

23For he doth not long consider a man, to bring him before God in judgment. 24He breaketh in pieces mighty men without inquiry, and setteth others in their stead; Since he knoweth their actions; and he overthroweth [them] in the night, and they are crushed. 26He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others, 27Because they have turned back from him, and would consider none of his ways;

Job 34:25 word by word

לָכֵ֗ן יַ֭כִּיר מַעְבָּֽדֵיהֶ֑ם וְהָ֥פַךְ לַ֝֗יְלָה וְיִדַּכָּֽאוּ׃Read the interlinear

• nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• crushedדָּכָאdâkâ' · to crushH1792

Cross-references for Job 34:25

• Psalms 33:15He who fashioneth the hearts of them all, who considereth all their works.
• Isaiah 66:18And I, — their works and their thoughts [are before me]. ...[The time] cometh for the gathering of all nations and tongues; and they shall come, and see my glory.
• Hosea 7:2And they say not in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now do their own doings encompass them; they are before my face.
• Amos 8:7Jehovah hath sworn by the glory of Jacob, Certainly I will never forget any of their works.
• Revelation 20:12And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne, and books were opened; and another book was opened, which is [that] of life. And the dead were judged out of the things written in the books according to their works.
• Job 34:20In a moment they die, even at midnight the people are convulsed and pass away; and the strong are taken away without hand.
• Isaiah 15:1The burden of Moab: For in the night of being laid waste, Ar of Moab is destroyed; for in the night of being laid waste, Kir of Moab is destroyed!
• 1 Thessalonians 5:2for ye know perfectly well yourselves, that the day of [the] Lord so comes as a thief by 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

Topics related to Job 34:25

• God
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In the dictionaries

• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
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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