Job 34:24

Job 34:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He shall break in pieces mighty men without number, and set others in their stead.
• New International Version (NIV)Without inquiry he shatters the mighty and sets up others in their place.
• English Standard Version (ESV)He shatters the mighty without investigation and sets others in their place.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He breaks in pieces mighty men without inquiry, And sets others in their place.

Context of Job 34:24

22People who do wicked things cannot hide themselves. There is no place dark enough for them to hide from God. 23God does not have to tell people when they must come to him, so that he can judge them. He destroys powerful people, and he chooses other people to take their place. He does not have to ask them anything. 25He already knows the things that they have done. In the night, he removes their power, and he destroys them. 26He punishes them because they have done wicked things. He does that where everyone can see.

Job 34:24 word by word

יָרֹ֣עַ כַּבִּירִ֣ים לֹא־חֵ֑קֶר וַיַּעֲמֵ֖ד אֲחֵרִ֣ים תַּחְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He shall break in piecesרָעַעrâ‛a‛ · to shatterH7489
• mighty menכַּבִּירkabbîyr · mightyH3524
• without numberחֵ֫קֶרchêqer · searchH2714
• and setעָמַד‛âmad · to stand: standH5975
• othersאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312

Cross-references for Job 34:24

• Job 19:2‘Please stop speaking to me like that! Your words continue to make me suffer.
• Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron sceptre, as if they are clay pots.’
• Psalms 72:4Please help the king to judge poor people fairly. May he save the children of weak people, and destroy those cruel people who hurt them.
• Psalms 94:5Lord, see how they hurt your own people. They are cruel to the people that belong to you.
• Jeremiah 51:20‘You are the weapon that I use to fight my battles. I have used you to punish nations. I have used you to destroy kingdoms.
• Daniel 2:21He makes things happen at the right time. He gives to some kings authority to rule. And he takes that authority away from other kings. He causes some people to become wise. He helps people to understand the things that they learn.
• 1 Samuel 2:30Because of what you have done, the Lord, Israel's God, says this to you: “I promised your family and your ancestors that they would serve me as priests for ever.” But now the Lord says, “That will never happen! I will give honour to people who respect me. But I will curse people who insult me.
• 1 Samuel 15:28Samuel said to him, ‘The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today. He has given it to a man who is better than you.
• 1 Kings 14:7Go and say to Jeroboam, “This is what the Lord, Israel's God, says to you: I chose you from among my people, the Israelites, and I made you their ruler.
• Psalms 113:7He lifts poor people out of the dirt. And he lifts up weak people from the ashes.
• Daniel 5:28Peres means “separate”. It shows that God has cut your kingdom into two separate parts. He has given it to the people from Media and Persia.’

Commentaries on Job 34:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24He shall break in pieces - In multitudes of cases God depresses the proud, and raises up the humble and meek. Neither their strength nor number can afford them security.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24He shall break in pieces - He crushes or destroys the great. He is not intimidated by their wealth, their rank, or their number. Without number - Margin, more correctly, “searching out.” That is, he does it without the protracted process of a judicial investigation. The Hebrew word used here (חקר chêqer ) means properly “a searching out,” “an examination”; and the meaning here is, that there is no need of his going into a protracted investigation into…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. 24God knows everything without needing to ask anyone (34:25). sets up others in their place: Daniel 2:21; 5:28–30.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. break in pieces--(Psa 2:9; Job 12:18; Da 2:21).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 34:24

• God

In the dictionaries

• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
• Fit
• Break

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