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 cause the cry of the poor to come unto him, and he heareth the cry of the afflicted. 29When he giveth quietness, who then will disturb? and when he hideth [his] face, who shall behold him? and this towards a nation, or towards a man alike; That the ungodly man reign not, that the people be not ensnared. 31For hath he said unto God, I bear [chastisement], I will not offend; 32What I see not, teach thou me; if I have done wrong, I will do so no more?

Job 34:30 word by word

מִ֭מְּלֹךְ אָדָ֥ם חָנֵ֗ף מִמֹּ֥קְשֵׁי עָֽם׃Read the interlinear

• manאָדָם'âdâm · manH120
• reignמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Job 34:30

• Job 34:21For his eyes are upon the ways of man, and he seeth all his steps.
• 1 Kings 12:28And the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold. And he said to them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt!
• 2 Kings 21:9But they would not hearken, and Manasseh led them astray to do more evil than the nations that Jehovah had destroyed from before the children of Israel.
• Psalms 12:8The wicked walk about on every side, when vileness is exalted among the children of men.
• Ecclesiastes 9:18Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroyeth much good.
• Hosea 5:11Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment [of man].
• Hosea 13:11I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath.
• Micah 6:16For the statutes of Omri are kept, and all the works of the house of Ahab; and ye walk in their counsels: that I should make thee a desolation, and the inhabitants thereof a hissing; and ye shall bear the reproach of my people.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:4who opposes and exalts himself on high against all called God, or object of veneration; so that he himself sits down in the temple of God, shewing himself that he is God.
• Revelation 13:3and one of his heads [was] as slain to death, and his wound of death had been healed: and the whole earth wondered after the beast.

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