Job 34:26

Job 34:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He striketh them as wicked men in the open sight of others;
• New International Version (NIV)He punishes them for their wickedness where everyone can see them,
• English Standard Version (ESV)He strikes them for their wickedness in a place for all to see,
• New King James Version (NKJV)He strikes them as wicked men In the open sight of others,

Context of Job 34:26

24He 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. He punishes them because they have done wicked things. He does that where everyone can see. 27Those powerful people have turned away from God. They have not respected his commands. 28They were cruel to poor people, so that God saw what was happening. God heard those poor people when they called to him for help.

Job 34:26 word by word

תַּֽחַת־רְשָׁעִ֥ים סְפָקָ֗ם בִּמְק֥וֹם רֹאִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He strikethסָפַקsâphaq ώâphaq · to slapH5606
• them asתַּחַתtachath · underneath: because ofH8478
• wicked menרָשָׁעrâshâ‛ · wickedH7563
• in the openמָקוֹםmâqôm mâqôm meqômâh meqômâh · placeH4725
• sightרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200

Cross-references for Job 34:26

• Exodus 14:30On that day, the Lord saved the Israelites from the Egyptian army. The Israelites saw the dead bodies of the Egyptians, which lay on the shore.
• Deuteronomy 13:9Instead, you must certainly kill him! You must be the first person to throw stones to kill him. Then everyone else must do the same thing.
• Deuteronomy 21:21Then all the men of the city must throw stones at the son until he is dead. In this way, you must remove all evil things like that from among you. Then all Israel's people will hear about what has happened. They will be afraid.
• 2 Samuel 12:11This is what the Lord says, “I will cause someone from your own family to bring trouble to you. You yourself will see it happen! I will take your wives from you and I will give them to someone else. He will have sex with them in the daytime, for everyone to see.
• Psalms 58:10When God punishes those wicked people, righteous people will be very happy. They will wash their feet in the blood of the wicked people!
• Isaiah 66:24When they go out of the city, they will see the dead bodies of the people who turned against me. In that heap of bodies, the worms never die and the fire never stops burning. Everybody will see that it is disgusting.’
• 1 Timothy 5:20If a leader is really guilty and continues to do wrong things, you must warn him. Do that when everyone in the church is there. They will hear what you say, and they will be afraid to do wrong things themselves.
• Revelation 18:9When all that happens, the kings on the earth will be very sad. They enjoyed the bad things that people did in that city. They had many expensive things so that they were happy. Now they will see the smoke from the fire that burns the city. As a result, they will cry and they will weep.

Commentaries on Job 34:26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26He striketh them as wicked men - At other times he executes his judgments more openly; and they are suddenly destroyed in the sight of the people.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 26He striketh them as wicked men - literally, “Under the wicked, or on account of the wicked, he smites them.” That is, he deals with them “as if” they were wicked; he regards and treats them as such. He deals with them “under” the general character of wicked people, and punishes them accordingly. In the open sight of others - Margin, as in Hebrew “in the place of beholders.” The idea is, that it is done openly or publicly. Their sins had been committed in…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. 26When God shows justice openly, it causes evil people to have proper fear (Deuteronomy 21:21; 1 Timothy 5:20). This leads to public joy among people in a right relationship with God (compare Exodus 14:30–31).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2626. He striketh them--chasteneth. as--that is, because they are wicked. sight of others--Sinners hid themselves in darkness; therefore they are punished before all, in open day. Image from the place of public execution (Job 40:12; Ex 14:30; 2Sa 12:12).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 34:26

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In the dictionaries

• Chastisement
• Choose
• Dust
• Elihu
• Fit
• acknowledge, admit, admitted

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